Pley Fauld, 'drum's Cairn'
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Pley Fauld, 'drum's Cairn'
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Harlow; Battle Of Harlaw
Canmore ID 18890
Site Number NJ72SE 2
NGR NJ 7513 2410
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18890
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 2 7513 2410
(N5 7513 2410) Drum's Cairn (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1901).
See also NJ72SE 6.00, NJ72SE 6.01, and NJ72SE 9.
Drum's Cairn marks the burial-place, or the spot where he fell, of Sir Alexander Irvine, who was killed on the 24th of July, 1411, at the Battle of Harlaw (NJ72SE 6.00).
W Kennedy 1818; NSA 1845; J Milne 1897.
The area in the vicinity of the OS siting is strewn with stones from field clearance and there are no certain remains of a cairn.
Visited by OS (RD) 5 March 1964.
Nothing is visible of this cairn, which stood at the edge of what is now a cultivated field about 600m W of West Balhalgardy Cottages (NJ72SE 146.01). It is said to have marked either the site of where Sir Alexander Irvine died after the battle of Harlaw in 1411 or the spot where he originally fell.
The event was further commemorated by the building of the Harlaw Monument (NJ72SE 6.01) in the early 20th century, about 30m SE of the site of the cairn.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 6 March 1996.
