Field Visit
Date 30 August 1950
Event ID 921654
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/921654
On the summit of Dirrington Great Law there are three round cairns, presumably of Bronze Age date, situated approximately in a straight line running E and W. The easternmost cairn which occupies the summit proper at a height of 1309 ft OD, measures 50 ft in diameter and 4 ft in height, and is composed of small, sharp-edged fragments of felstone excavated from an adjacent quarry-pit. The next cairn, 40 ft to the W, is a poorly-preserved structure only 22 ft in diameter and 2 ft in height; but the westernmost of the three, 27 ft to the W of the second, is one of the most impressive monuments of its kind in the Borders. Standing to a maximum height of 7 ft 6 ins, it measures 64 ft in diameter and in addition it is surrounded by a quarry-trench 8 ft wide.
Visited by RCAHMS (KAS) 30 August 1950.
