Archaeology Notes

Event ID 753044

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT05SE 10 0548 5305.

Shepherds' Cairn [NAT]

OS 6-inch map, 1961.

Situated on the summit of Harrows Law, this is one of six shepherd's cairns recorded in the area by CFA in 1994 during field investigation as part of an environmental assessment for a proposed windfarm site (others noted on NT05SE 6-9). They are composed of stacked piles of large stones measuring up to 2m across and 1m high. None is indicated on the first edition OS coverage of 1864, although some are present on the second edition OS coverage of 1912, suggesting that these monuments are of no great antiquity.

CFA 1994s.