Dundee Law
Dundee Law is a hill in the centre of Dundee, Scotland, and is the highest point in the city. The Law is what remains of a volcanic sill, which is the result of volcanic activity around 400 million years ago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 571 feet
- Description: extinct volcano of Dundee, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Law Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dens Park and Tannadice Park.
Dens Park
Stadium
Photo: Jmorrison230582, Public domain.
Dens Park is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland, which is the home of Scottish Premiership club Dundee F.C. and has a capacity of 11,775. Tannadice Park, the home of rivals Dundee United, is just 200 yards away.
Tannadice Park
Stadium
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Tannadice Park, officially known as The CalForth Construction Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. It is the home ground of Dundee United F.C., who have played at Tannadice since the club was founded as Dundee Hibernian in 1909.
Dudhope Castle
Castle
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Dudhope Castle is an extended late medieval tower house located on the southern face of Dundee Law in Dundee, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hilltown and Blackness.
Hilltown
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilltown in Dundee, Scotland, is a mainly residential area to the north of the City Centre and lying to the south of the main circular road.
Blackness
Suburb
Photo: Dan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackness is an area of the city of Dundee. Broadly, Blackness is located to the north of the city's West End and is centred on the Blackness Road, where a number of small, local shops are located.
Logie
Suburb
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Logie is a residential area of Dundee, Scotland, located around 2 kilometres west of the city centre and forming part of the city’s West End ward. The district is best known for the Logie Housing Estate, built between 1919 and 1920 as the first public housing estate in Scotland constructed after the First World War, notable for its innovative design and early district heating scheme.
Dundee Law
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.4701° or 56° 28′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.9894° or 2° 59′ 22″ westElevation
571 feet (174 metres)Open location code
9C8VF2C6+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 67447248OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Dundee Law” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dundee Law”
- Chinese: “丹地山丘”
- Dutch: “Law”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دوندى لاو”
- French: “Law”
- German: “Dundee Law”
- Italian: “Dundee Law”
- Ladin: “Dundee Law”
- Polish: “Dundee Law”
- Venetian: “Dundee Law”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lawside and Dudhope.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lawton Reservoir and St. David’s High Kirk.
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