Traprain Law
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Traprain Law
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 56486
Site Number NT57SE 87
NGR NT 58165 74670
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56486
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonkirk
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57SE 87 581 746.
'Immediately to the north of the trigonometrical station on the summit of the hill (NT57SE 1.00) there are also the remains of a cairn which, though well robbed, gives the appearance of having been a genuine sepulchral monument.'
G Jobey 1976
Field Visit (26 April 2017)
On the summit of Traprain Law, underlying the modern walker’s shelter (NF57SE 176), there is a rubble spread measuring about 7m in diameter by 0.2m in height. Depicted by RCAHMS in 1955 and discussed by George Jobey (1976, 192-3), it is likely to represent cleared rubble from successive survey or marker cairns, or the adjacent enclosures, rather than being the remains of a sepulchral monument.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (GFG) 26 April 2017.
(TPR15)
