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North Berwick Law, also known simply as Berwick Law, is a conical hill which rises conspicuously from the surrounding landscape (this is the definition of the Lowland Scots word "law").〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Law )〕 It overlooks the East Lothian town of North Berwick and stands at 613 ft (187 m) above sea level. Geologically, the law is a volcanic plug of hard phonolitic trachyte rock of Carboniferous (Dinantian) age.〔Read, W. A. et al. (2002) ''Carboniferous'', page 294 in Trewin, N. H. (2002) ''The Geology of Scotland'', 4th edition, London, The Geological Society.〕 It has survived the scraping glaciers of the ice age. It is a crag and tail with a prominent tail extending eastwards. The summit bears remnants of an Iron Age hill fort, and the ruins of later military buildings that were once used by lookouts in both the Napoleonic Wars, and in World War II. The famous whale's jawbone collapsed in June 2005 after rotting away, and was removed by helicopter, much to the surprise of North Berwick residents. A jawbone has stood there since 1709, the last one having been there since 1933. On 26 June 2008, a fibreglass replica whale bone, the same size as the one that was removed in 2005, was airlifted into place to give North Berwick Law back its famous landmark.〔(Scotsman.com )〕 The funding for the replica was donated by an anonymous friend of North Berwick. ==See also== * Breast shaped hills * List of mountains in Scotland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Berwick Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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