Norman's Law

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Norman's Law is a prominent hill at the far eastern end of the Ochil Fault, Scotland. It sits above the south bank of the River Tay, around four miles north west of Cupar. ()

Elevation: 935 ftProminence: 686 ftCoordinates: 56°22'9"N, 3°7'35"W

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Norman's Law – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fingask Castle, Balmerino Abbey, Mount Hill, Birnie Loch.

6.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Fingask Castle
168 min walk • Fingask Castle is a country house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is perched 200 feet above Rait, three miles north-east of Errol, in the Braes of the Carse, on the fringes of the Sidlaw Hills.
4.3 miNE
Monastery
Balmerino Abbey
110 min walk • Balmerino Abbey, or St Edward's Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastic community which has been ruinous since the 16th century.
2.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Mount Hill
74 min walk • Mount Hill rises from the rolling farmland about three miles north west of Cupar in North East Fife, Scotland. On its summit stands the 29-metre high Hopetoun Monument, which is visible for many miles around.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Birnie Loch
124 min walk • Birnie Loch is located in North East Fife, Scotland, adjacent to the crossroads between the A91 and B937 roads. It is entirely artificial in nature, being a flooded pit formerly used for the extraction of sand or gravel.
4 miW
Historical place, Monastery, Tours
Lindores Abbey
102 min walk • Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile north of the village of Lindores and is a scheduled ancient monument.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Cairnie Hill
86 min walk • Cairnie Hill lies at the eastern end of the Ochil Hills, above the village of Collessie Scotland. It is the highest point of a small upland area between Collesie Den and Collairnie Farm. The northern and western slopes of Cairnie Hill are quite steep and are used for rough grazing and forestry.
1.9 miS
Forts and castles
Collairnie Castle
49 min walk • Collairnie Castle is an L-plan castle in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland. The castle was extended in the 16th century, with a wing added of 4 storeys with an attic.
3.8 miS
Palace
Palace of Monimail
98 min walk • The Palace of Monimail, also known as Monimail Tower, was a Renaissance palace in Fife, Scotland. A residence of the Archbishops of St Andrews from the 13th century, in the early 17th century Monimail became a chief seat of the Melville family.
6.1 miSE
Ruins
Crawford Priory
157 min walk • Crawford Priory is an estate house about 2 miles south west of Cupar, Fife, based on private land with no single owner. It is a former residence of the Earls of Crawford, Earls of Glasgow and Barons Cochrane of Cults.
1.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Creich Castle
40 min walk • Creich Castle is a ruined tower house near Creich, Fife, Scotland. The tower house and its associated buildings is a scheduled monument.
2.1 miW
Forts and castles
Ballinbreich Castle
53 min walk • Ballinbreich Castle is a ruined tower house castle in Fife, Scotland. The castle was built in the 14th century by Clan Leslie, and subsequently rebuilt several times. There may have been an outer curtain-wall though this no longer survives. Much of the present structure is of 16th-century date.