What is recorded here
Dunino Law stands in Fife as a medieval fortified house and nunnery, its stones marked by both worship and defense. The law may have hidden women from danger or held them behind walls of faith, its purpose still debated beneath the grass.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunino Law as Fortified House (medieval), Nunnery (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dunino Law was a medieval fortified house and nunnery, likely held by a local noble family in the 13th to 15th centuries. It is remembered as an example of religious and secular land use in medieval Scottish lowland society.
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Places near here
Dunino ManseDovecot (period Unassigned)(possible), Manse (19th Century) · 365 yd
Dunino ChurchWhetstone (period Unassigned) · 425 yd
Dunino Parish ChurchChurch (19th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 435 yd
Dunino Parish Church, Churchyard, Sculptured Stone and SundialCross Slab (early Medieval), Sundial (period Unassigned) · 462 yd
Burnside WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Kippo PlantationWood · 1.4 mi
Pittarthie CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.9 mi
Scotland's Secret BunkerHeritage attraction · 2.2 mi
Buddo RockNamed rock · 2.6 mi
St Andrews, the GrangeNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi
St Andrews, Leisure CentreNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi
St. Mary on the RockVisitor information · 3.7 miOther information
Photo: Becky Williamson · CC BY-SA 2.0