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Pitmilly Law
Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Pitmilly Law
Classification Cist(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 34427
Site Number NO51SE 6
NGR NO 5761 1368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/34427
- Council Fife
- Parish Kingsbarns
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO51SE 6 5761 1368.
(NO 5761 1368) Pitmilly Law (NAT)
OS 6" map (1919)
A group of cists was discovered at Pitmilly Law, Kingsbarns, in 1868 by the Rev. Robert Skinner and Mr Adamson. Altogether four ordinary cists and one two-storeyed cist were found. They varied in length from 4 3/4 to 6ft and from 1ft 2ins to 1ft 7ins in breadth. There were no finds of any kind in any of the cists. Pitmilly Law measures 72 by 43 yards and is about 30 feet high, "the general appearance of the soil indicates that the mound is natural."
R Skinner 1871; RCAHMS 1933
Pitmilly Law is a grass and tree covered knoll, and appears to be a natural formation.
Visited by OS (DS) 15 October 1956
OS (DS) confirmed. Perambulation of the Law proved negative.
Visited by OS (EGC) 28 August 1968
Publication Account (1933)
Cist Burials at Milton and Pitmilly Law.
In 1867 a cist, measuring about 4 feet by 2 feet by 2 ¾ feet, was discovered at Milton, about 4 miles from St. Andrews, on the Crail road. It contained a beautifully ornamented urn. In the following year a group of cists, one of which was of a two-storeyed type, was discovered in a rising ground known as Pitmilly Law. The cists varied from 4 ¾ feet to 6 feet in length. Details of these discoveries are given in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., vii (1866-8), p. 256, and viii (1868-70), pp. 56-7.
RCAHMS 1933
