OS1/21/25/98
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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HARELAW CAIRN (Site of) | Hare Law Hare Law Herlaw or Harelaw Site of Cairn Site of Cairn |
William Strang Raahead Thomas Dykes Clayhedges Robert Crawford Aikinfin New Statistical Account William Strang Raahead Thomas Dykes Clayhedges Robert Crawford Aikinfin |
022.04 | A slight eminence in a plantation on the farm of Raahead on which a Cairn once stood in which human bones were found. There is now no trace of it. On a small eminence on the farm of Raahead called Hare Law is the site of a large Cairn which is now entirely removed. There were urns with human bones found in it. |
SHEPHERD'S KNOWE | Shepherd's Knowe Shepherd's Knowe Shepherd's Knowe |
William Strang Raahead Thomas Dykes Clayhedges Robert Crawford Aikinfin |
022.04 | A small Knoll on the Raahead farm. |
Continued entries/extra info
[ Under Shepherd's Knowe names]"Knowe, the top of a mill,ba base as under hillock or eminence" . Brockett's Glossary
[On LHS under Harelaw Cairn]
there is nothing here deserving of the name of an eminence to which the name "Hare Law" can be applied. [signature] J.B. [John Bayly] Capt [Captain] R. E. [Royal Engineers)]
[ under names for Hare Law]
" Law, a hill or eminence whether natural or artificial" - Brockett
[at bottom of page]
In 1793 the remains of a very large Cairn called Harlaw or Harelaw, here still to be seen on the farm Raahead. The site of it is nearly a mile distant from the present farm of Harelaw. " The stones appear to hsve been gathered from the land, " Many urns with fragments of human bones were found in one corner of it but some of them were preserved. It was about 12 feet in height and covered a base of 70 feet in diameter. " This Cairn was removed about the year 1808 and no distinct remains of it appear on the little mound of earth which was its base. N.S. Acct. P 891[New Statistical Account Page 891]
Transcriber's notes
the unsure of initials in Red ink are J.B. for Capt John Bayly.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
hastingleigh, GavinCraig
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