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Lammer Law
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Lammer Law
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 56186
Site Number NT56SW 11
NGR NT 5237 6181
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56186
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Yester
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT56SW 11 5237 6181.
(NT 5235 6180) Cairn, Lammer Law. The OS triangulation station on the summit of Lammer Law stands on the perimeter of a round cairn which measures from 55ft to 60ft in diameter and 4ft in height. The stones of the cairn are exposed on all sides except the NE, where they are overgrown with grass; the centre is covered by a modern cairn.
RCAHMS MS, visited 1954
NT 5237 6181. A large round cairn as described by the RCAHMS. It measures 21.0m in diameter and has a maximum height of 2.2m.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 17 April 1979
Field Visit (31 May 1954)
The Trigonometrical Station on the summit of Lammer Law stands on the perimeter of a round cairn, presumably of Bronze Age date, which measures from 55 ft to 60 ft in diameter and stands at the present time to a maximum height of 4 ft. The stones of the cairn are exposed on all sides except the NE, where they are overgrown with grass, but the centre of the structure is covered by a modern cairn.
Visited by RCAHMS (KAS) 31 May 1954.
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
