Law Of Coull
Barrow (Prehistoric)
Site Name Law Of Coull
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 33712
Site Number NO45NW 1
NGR NO 44843 59865
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Angus
- Parish Tannadice
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO45NW 1 4484 5986.
(NO 44845986) Low (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
'The Low of Coull' Statistical Account (OSA 1791-9) a regular hillock or tumulus 10ft to 15ft high, which appears to be intact although cultivated. There is no local knowledge of any finds from the site Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB 1863).
Ramsay (Macfarlane 1906-8) mentions the site in 1744, surmising that it had 'probably been the place for Thanry or Barron Court' but Crawford (1949) comments on the absurdity of the idea that an artificial mound should be constructed for such a purpose (See NO45NE 8).
Name Book 1863; W Macfarlane 1906-8; O G S Crawford 1949; OSA 1791-9.
Probably a tumulus .
Visited by OS (JLD) 28 August 1958.
The tumulus is 40.0m E to W by 30.0m and 2.0m high. It is situated on the crest of a hillock and has been spread by ploughing. Its name could not be verified locally.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (BS) 5 January 1977.
Note (1983)
Law of Coull NO 448 598 NO45NW 1
The Law of Coull is a natural knoll with what may be a burial-cairn set on the top; the cairn measures about 30m in diameter by up to 2m in height.
RCAHMS 1983
(Name Book, Forfar, No. 82, p. 68).
