Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Laws, The

Laws, The, an elegant modern mansion in Monifieth parish, SE Forfarshire, 2 miles N by W of Monifieth station. It stands on the southern slope of the Laws (400 feet), a green conical hill, terminating a long ridge, and crowned by vestiges of a vitrified fort 390 feet long and 198 wide.—Ord. Sur., sh. 49, 1865.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an elegant modern mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Monifieth ScoP       Angus ScoCnty

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