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Corse Law
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned), Armlet (Period Unassigned), Arrowhead(S) (Period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(S) (Period Unassigned), Microlith(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Corse Law
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned), Armlet (Period Unassigned), Arrowhead(S) (Period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(S) (Period Unassigned), Microlith(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 49026
Site Number NT05SW 25
NGR NT 018 501
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49026
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carnwath
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT05SW 25 018 501
An investigation of a forestry area adjacent to the Lang Whang has revealed a large amount of lithic material of the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age. The majority of the material has been recovered from the southern part of the site in a raised area overlooking the Medwin. The majority of artifacts appear to have been made out of the local grey quartzite but there is a substantial amount made out of various types of flint and Arran pitchstone. The artifacts include six barbed and tanged arrowheads, a number of scrapers, borers, flakes, core material, wasters and microliths. Apart from the stone implements a fragment of a cannel coal armlet was found as well as a loom weight made out of the same material. Though the majority of finds were made on the S side of the road, some material was found on the N side of the Lang Whang.
Half a dozen cairns were found over the whole site, but no associated material was found with any of the cairns. A hearth was found and in association with it some Neolithic flints were discovered. A house site of the Prehistoric period was found, but fortunately it had not been damaged by ploughing. At the NE end of the site some 17th century pottery was found together with a mid 17th century clay pipe, imported from Holland.
E Archer and P Taylor 1987
