Laws, The, an elegant modern mansion in Monifieth parish, SE Forfarshire, 2 miles N by W of Monifieth station. It stands on the southern slope of the Laws (400 feet), a green conical hill, terminating a long ridge, and crowned by vestiges of a vitrified fort 390 feet long and 198 wide.—Ord. Sur., sh. 49, 1865.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)