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Ward Law

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Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Ward Law

Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Wardlaw

Canmore ID 66076

Site Number NY06NW 10

NGR NY 02109 66594

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66076

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Oblique aerial view of Ward Law, taken from the SSW, centred on the cropmarks of a settlement.
Oblique aerial view of Ward Law, taken from the SSW, centred on the cropmarks of a settlement.Oblique aerial view of Ward Law, taken from the E, centred on the cropmarks of a settlement.Ward Law, NY06NW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view of Ward Law, taken from the SSE, centred on the cropmarks of a settlement.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the settlement, taken from the WNW.Ward Law, NY06NW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, VersoOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the settlement, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view centred on the cropmarks of the settlement, taken from the WSW.Ward Law, NY06NW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, RectoWard Law, NY06NW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoWard Law, NY06NW 10, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view of Ward Law, taken from the ENE, centred on the cropmarks of a settlement. A settlement and enclosures, situated to the SE, are visible in the right-hand corner of the photographOblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Caerlaverock
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NY06NW 10 021 665.

NY 021 666. Rectangular enclosure with entrance on the E, possibly medieval (A E Truckell) or Roman (J K St Joseph 1952). On air photographs, a circular enclosure is visible within, the others lie outside the W side.

No trace of this feature is visible on the ground.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 11 August 1965

This feature is also visible on aerial photographs taken by G D B Jones (listed as Ward Law C - NY 022 666). Copies of these photographs are lodged in Dumfries Museum. He interprets it as a major, univallate, sub-rectangular site, with traces of an internal hut of abnormal size.

Information from G D B Jones letter to G Maxwell, RCAHMS 4 July 1980

B Jones 1979

Iron age (probable).

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(Location cited as NX 022 666). Sub-rectangular univallate site. Some traces of internal circular huts, which seem to be extremely large.

A Truckell 1984.

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (3 July 2012)

Aerial Photographic Transcriptions

An interpretative transcription, or mapping, of information on oblique aerial photographs was produced on 3 July 2012.

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