Archaeology Notes

Event ID 684822

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO22SW 2 2315 2238.

(NO 2315 2238) Law Knowe (NR) (Burial Ground)

OS 6" map (1901)

'Law Knowe' (Name Book 1861). 'An artificial mound, of a circular form, 40 yards in diameter at the base and about 30ft diameter at the top; the height from the base being about 20ft. The platform at the top is surrounded by a low turf wall, with a walk outside of it and the whole is enclosed with a turf wall at the base, in the form of an equilateral triangle. This mound is called the 'Lawknoll'. Its sides are planted with trees'.

The burial ground is not recorded by either authority.

NSA 1845 (J Grierson)

Named 'Fortalicium lie Moit' in 1546 and 'Moot' in 1652 (Reg Magni Sig Reg Scot; Retours).

G Neilson 1898

Evidently a motte with a triangular bailey.

E S Armitage 1912