Dirrington Great Law

#4641 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Dirrington Great Law is a hill in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Berwickshire. The summit is around 2.5 kilometres south of Longformacus and 9 kilometres west of Duns. It is an isolated hill to the south of the Lammermuir Plateau. Dirrington Little Law is located 2 kilometres to the south-west. ()

Elevation: 1306 ftProminence: 515 ftCoordinates: 55°47'12"N, 2°28'59"W

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Dirrington Great Law – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Edin's Hall Broch, Whiteadder Reservoir, Duns Castle, Langton Castle.

5.7 miNE
Archaeological site
Edin's Hall Broch
145 min walk • Edin's Hall Broch is a 2nd-century broch near Duns in the Borders of Scotland. It is one of very few brochs found in southern Scotland. It is roughly 28 metres in diameter.
6.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Whiteadder Reservoir
155 min walk • Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles south east of Garvald. It was created to provide additional water facilities for East Lothian. Work on the Dam forming the reservoir commenced in 1964.
4.9 miE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Reportedly haunted
Duns Castle, Duns
126 min walk • Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320.
3.7 miE
Forts and castles
Langton Castle
94 min walk • Langton Castle is a now destroyed medieval fortress at Langton, near the burgh of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Little remains of the structure.
4.7 miSE
Church
Polwarth Parish Church
119 min walk • Polwarth Parish Church was a member church of the Church of Scotland before closing in 2004. It is situated atop a mound off a minor road leading from the A6105, Greenlaw to Duns road in the old county of Berwickshire, now privately owned by the Letts family who live in the adjacent Polwarth Manse and is available for weddings.
4.4 miN
Tower
Cranshaws Castle
112 min walk • Cranshaws Castle or Cranshaws Tower is a privately owned 15th-century pele situated by the village of Cranshaws in Berwickshire, Scotland. The building is still in use as a residence, and is protected as a category A listed building.
7.4 miSE
Tower
Bite-about Pele
188 min walk • Bite-about is a very ruined pele tower or bastle house. It is situated in the parish of Eccles, between the villages of Fogo and Swinton to the south of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.
5.3 miNW
Archaeological site
Mutiny Stones
136 min walk • The Mutiny Stones are a megalithic monument in the Lammermuir Hills, Scotland. Situated on Byrecleugh Rig, the nearest centre of habitation is at Longformacus, some four miles away.
4.4 miS
Archaeological site
Blackcastle Rings
113 min walk • The Blackcastle Rings are earthworks and a promontory fort in the Parish of Greenlaw, above the left bank of the Blackadder Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.