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The Law area and former council ward, however, takes in a significant area of the city which surrounds the Law itself. Councillor for this area is Julie Sturrock, who is a member of the Labour Party . GEOLOGY The Law, which takes its name from the Gaelic word for hill or more likely, from Anglo-Saxon ''hlāw'' ( Modern Scots ''law'') meaning a (grave-)mound or hill, is the basalt plug of an extinct Volcano . Actions by subsequent ice movements further eroded the hill and deposited more debris around the base creating a Crag And Tail . The shallow gradient of the slopes on the north and eastern sides of the law suggest a north easterly movement of ice flows. The hill's summit is 174 metres above sea level.Ordnance Survey, Explorer 380 map ''Dundee and Sidlaw Hills'' HISTORY Archaeological evidence of burials suggest that the law may have been used by human settlers 3500 years ago. During the Iron Age it was the site of a Pictish settlement. Roman pottery has been found on the law, suggesting that the Romans may have used it as a lookout post in the First Century . A - in which many members of the local Black Watch regiment lost their lives), 24th October ( United Nations Day ), 11th November ( Armistice Day ) and Remembrance Sunday . REFERENCES
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