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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NORTH BERWICK LAW North Berwick Law
North Berwick Law
North Berwick Law
Forrest's County Map 1799
Greenwood & Co's [Company's] Co. [County] Map. 1825
Statistical account
002 A very beautiful, Conical Hill about 940 feet above the level of the Sea, and about 800 feet above its base, - stands on an elevated plain, and is of Comparatively easy ascent; the Various Views in ascending, and particularly from its Summit, both inland & seaward, are of the most delightful and commanding character.
The Ruins on the top are only of modern date, and were the residence of a party, consisting of a Naval officer and three Assistants, - in Charge of a Signal station established thereon during the late war, and dismantled on the Return of Peace. The Law is ascended from the East by a prepared Zig-zag path Called from its form the M-walK; its surface is, towards the Summit, Covered with Rocks - not precipitous, but elevated above its sloping surface.
MILL BURN Mill Burn
Mill Burn
Mill Burn
Statistical Acct. [Account]
Mr James Hislop
Mr H. Wallace
002 A Small stream which flows in a N.E. [North East] direction passing the W. [West] & North base of North Berwick Law, thence to Lochbridge Toll Bar, where it takes a Northerly direction to the Sea. It bears the name from the Junction of two small streams near N. B. [North Berwick] Law to the sea.

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Plan 2C -- Parish of North Berwick

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