Law
Motte (Medieval)(Possible), Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Law
Classification Motte (Medieval)(Possible), Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Tower Of Law; Edinbarnet House
Canmore ID 44554
Site Number NS57SW 5
NGR NS 515 737
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44554
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish New Kilpatrick (Bearsden And Milngavie)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Bearsden And Milngavie
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS57SW 5 515 737.
'The Tower of Law' was destroyed c.1890 and its stones used in offices beside Edinbarnet House (NS 50 74) The lands of Law were formed from the lordship of Drumry in 1528.
J Bruce 1893.
The site of this tower was not located and no further information could be found locally.
Visited by OS (R D) 23 August 1966.
NS 515 736. A low flat-topped mound about 100m south of Law farm is said by the farmer to be the site of the tower-house of the family of Stirling of Law, dating from the 16th century or earlier. Numerous dressed stones are to be seen in nearby walls.
D Long 1981.
Desk Based Assessment (2012)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the cultural heritage implications of the proposed route of a replacement overhead line (XF Route) from Neilston, Renfrewshire to Windyhill, East Dunbartonshire.
Although 109 cultural heritage features were identified by the desk-based assessment of the 250m buffer around the proposed route of the replacement XF overhead line, very few of these lie along the route of the line, or in immediate vicinity of the location of any of the towers.
The overhead line replacement project has been assessed against the cultural heritage baseline. Taking into account the construction methodology to be employed and agreed mitigation strategy, it is considered that the development conforms to Local and National Policy relating to the cultural heritage resource.
Funder: Iberdrola
CFA Archaeology Ltd
