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Hare Law

Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Field System (Prehistoric) - (Medieval), Quarry(S) (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Site Name Hare Law

Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Field System (Prehistoric) - (Medieval), Quarry(S) (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Wester Yardhouses

Canmore ID 49015

Site Number NT05SW 14

NGR NT 0040 4991

NGR Description Centred on NT 0040 4991

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish Carnwath
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Clydesdale
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Activities

Excavation (1968 - 1969)

Two of the larger cairns in this area (B and C), each about 6 m in diameter and 0·6 m in height, were excavated by the Commission's officers in 1968 and 1969; no structures or artifacts were found, but chemical analyses revealed a high level of phosphorus consistent with the former presence of human remains.

RCAHMS 1978, 67

Field Visit (12 July 1971)

NT05SW 14 0040 4991 (Centred).

(Name: NT 0034 4988) Field System (NR)

OS 25" map (1974)

(Name: NT 0048 5009) Field System (NR)

OS 25" map (1973)

Noted as field clearance heaps in 1971 by field investigator.

Visited by OS (DWR), 12 July 1971.

Field Visit (September 1976)

NT 003 496 - 004 500. There is a concentration of small cairns on the summit of the broad ridge W of Hare Law. The almost level S portion of the area has been under rig-and-furrow cultivation, and a few cairns, trimmed by ploughing, lie in the furrows. At the NW end of this area there are the remains of some turf-and-stone enclosures which may be contemporary with the cultivation. During recent pasture improvements a few of the existing cairns have been used as convenient dumps for large boulders and some new "cairns" formed.

The majority of the prehistoric cairns, which are roughly circular on plan and are composed of medium-sized boulders and earth, measure between 2.3m and 4.0m in diameter and between 0.2m and 0.5m in height, although a few (e.g. A, C, D and H) are over 6m in diameter. At least two (E and F) have large stones around their perimeters, possibly belonging to a kerb.

Two of the larger cairns in this area (B and C), each about 6m in diameter and 0.6m in height, were excavated by the RCAHMS in 1968-9; no structures or artifacts were found, but chemical analyses revealed a high level of phosphorus consistent with the former presence of human remains (cf NT05SE 3). (Cairn 'D' and enclosure G' on plan are described on NT04NW 24 and 29 respectively.)

RCAHMS 1978, visited 1976

Field Visit (12 December 1994)

NT05SW 14 0040 4991 (Centred).

In addition to those cairns already noted in this field-system, at least eight more cairns, measuring up to 6m in diameter, have been noted to the S of a small lochan and to the N of the stone dyke which marked the former extent of the field-system. Some of the cairns, which lie in improved pasture, have been robbed, and also present are numerous small quarry-pits the purpose of some of which may have been related to the production of small stone troughs (see NT05SW 45).

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS/IF) 12 December 1994.

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