Berwick Law

The time is fast approaching when the Bell's will be loading up the Speedbird. We are heading to Tantallon at North Berwick, I have promised the kids that we will climb to the top of Berwick Law, a volcanic plug that towers over the town. On top sits the famous arch made from the jawbones of an Antarctic whale - or is it? In fact, this 6.5 meter high version is formed from 560kg's of fibreglass, built to replace the last, which had become dangerous and had to be removed by heli-copter after 70 years in 2005. The first arch was installed at the top of the Law in 1709 to help guide sailors safely home along the Firth of Forth and it has had three sucessors, their presence becoming a symbol of North Berwick. However there had been an empty platform for 3 years until June 2008 when the replica, made by Ralph Plastics from nearby Macmerry was winched into position by heli-copter.
The direction plaque was erected in 1959 as a memorial to John Wallace Menzies, Town Clerk 1926-1956.