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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 698386
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/698386
NS25NW 1 20945 58592
(NS 2094 5858) Margaret's Law (NAT)
Burial Chamber (NR)
(Undated) OS map.
Location formerly entered as NS 2094 5858.
This burial chamber, also called 'Haco's Tomb', lies in pasture, on a gentle slope, between 100ft and 150ft OD. It was covered by a large cairn, "Margaret's Law', which was completely removed in 1772. The Clyde type chamber, with entrance to the E, measures 22ft by 3ft - 4ft wide, it probably had three compartments, but only the innermost remains intact, complete with capstone.
It is said that in 1772 two of the compartments contained five skulls each, while during excavations in 1954 parts of two skulls and other bones were found. A flint knife or scraper from here is in private possession. A broken, brown earthen urn (OSA 1796) or several earthen urns were also found in the chamber in 1772.
A S Henshall 1972.
This burial chamber is as described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ), 27 October 1964.
No change. The limits of the chamber are fenced off from the paddock field in which it is situated. A private notice board names it 'Haylie Chambered Tomb'.
Visited by OS (JRL), 2 January 1983.
Margaret's Law [NAT]
Burial Chamber [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
