Law Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Law Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) West Craigmaud
Canmore ID 19916
Site Number NJ85NE 1
NGR NJ 8820 5911
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19916
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tyrie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ85NE 1 8820 5911.
(NJ 8820 5911) Law Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Law Cairn is a mound of stones with some earth, about 60ft in diameter and 5ft high. Some years ago, human remains were discovered in it.
Name Book 1870.
Law Cairn, a turf-covered cairn as described by the ONB (1870), is contained by a drystone wall.
It has been mutilated by excavation in the east segment, and by the depositing of domestic rubbish.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 14 March 1967.
