Horse Law
Cairnfield (Period Unknown)
Site Name Horse Law
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 48890
Site Number NT04NW 33
NGR NT 045 493
NGR Description NT 047 493 to NT 042 493
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48890
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Dunsyre
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (October 1975)
NT 047 493 - NT 042 493. About forty-five small cairns lie to the N of the Salla Burn, at an elevation of between 275m and 305m OD and stretch eastwards for a distance of 450m to the immediate vicinity of a stone sheepfold.
(For discussion on the period and purpose of small cairns of this type, see NT05SE 3).
RCAHMS 1978, visited October 1975
Field Visit (19 February 1979)
NT04NW 045 493.
Centred NT 045 493. A group of small probable stone clearance cairns occupy about 10.0 hectares of a south- facing hillside. There is nothing that can be identified as a burial cairn and there are no associated lynchets or field banks.
Visited by OS (BS) 19 February 1979.
