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Law's Castle
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Law's Castle
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 46742
Site Number NS86SW 7
NGR NS 8271 6114
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/46742
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Shotts (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS86SW 7 826 611
A small conical hill. There does not seem to have been a building on it and the derivation of the name is unknown.
Name Book 1860
According to Mr Gibson, the stones here are called the 'Cups and Plates' and the 'Giant's Stone'.
Information from O G S Crawford, 13 May 1939; Mr Gibson, Craighead.
A scatter of stones on a rocky knoll.
Visited by OS (JLD) 10 September 1953.
