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Dirrington Little Law
Cairn (Early Bronze Age), Quarry (Medieval) - (18th Century)
Site Name Dirrington Little Law
Classification Cairn (Early Bronze Age), Quarry (Medieval) - (18th Century)
Canmore ID 57426
Site Number NT65SE 3
NGR NT 68673 53087
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/57426
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Greenlaw
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT65SE 3 6868 5308.
There is a cairn on the summit of Dirrington Little Law (363m OD). It is composed of small quarried stones partly derived from a hollow immediately S of the cairn. This hollow has been further quarried, and the S side of the cairn robbed to obtain material for the boundary wall which passes over the cairn.
J H Craw 1923.
NT 6868 5308. This heather-covered cairn measures 26.0m in diameter and up to 2.0m in height. Some small stones are visible on its surface. The N, unquarried, side of the cairn has a slight hollow on top.
Visited by OS (JFC) 13 December 1954.
A mutilated cairn as previously described.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (MJF) 8 May 1979.
Field Visit (October 1979)
Dirrington Little Law NT 686 530 NT65SE 3
A cairn measuring about 20.5m in diameter and 2m in height stands on Dirrington Little Law.
RCAHMS 1980, visited October 1979.
(Craw 1922, 190).
Note (31 January 2020)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
