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Wether Law

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Wether Law

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 49988

Site Number NT14NE 6

NGR NT 1946 4837

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Newlands
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Tweeddale
  • Former County Peebles-shire

Archaeology Notes

NT14NE 6 1946 4837.

(NT 1946 4837) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map (1967)

The remains of a circular cairn reduced to a low grass-grown mound about 25 feet diameter and 2 feet high are situated on the summit of Wether Law. There is an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on it. (Information from A McLaren notebook 1, 16)

RCAHMS 1967, visited 1958

The cairn is as described by the RCAHMS. The trig pillar being exactly in the centre. There are several large stones in evidence around the summit of the mound.

Visited by OS (JTT) 25 August 1964

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Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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