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Cunner Law

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Cunner Law

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 32498

Site Number NO40NE 3

NGR NO 4909 0631

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Carnbee
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District North East Fife
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO40NE 3 4909 0631.

(NO 4909 0631) Cairn (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1919)

Cairn, on the summit of Cumner Law. The remains consist of a heap of earth and stones about 75 links in diameter and about 2ft high. About 20 years ago the greater part was removed by the farmer who found a stone coffin with the remains of a human skeleton in it.

Name Book 1854

Cairn, Cumner Law. No vestiges of the cairn can now be seen.

RCAHMS 1933

RCAHMS confirmed.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 21 August 1968

Activities

Field Visit (8 July 1925)

Cairn, Cumner [sic] Law.

This site is 500 feet above sea-level, but no vestiges of the cairn can now be seen.

RCAHMS 1933, visited 8 July 1925.

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