<< Text Pages >> Gallow Law (Hillend) - Cairn in Scotland in East Ayrshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gallow Law (Hillend)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.07 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Ayrshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Newmilns
Map Ref: NS5313535382
Latitude: 55.589858N Longitude: 4.331926W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Destroyed Stone Circle. A gallows is said to have stood on the summit of Gallow Law. There is also a cairn with most of the stones now removed in which bones, supposedly human, were found.
The remains of this cairn are represented by a grass-covered mound 17.0m in diameter and 1.0m high with a few stones protruding through the surface. It is surmounted by a modern monument, inscribed;
"Gallow Hill Cairn, 1926. To the memory of James Smith of Threepwood, who died for civil and religious liberty, 1684'
Alex writes: Hill of GallowLaw is shown on the oldest map of the area I can find as having a stone circle of 50'0 diameter.
A record is also in a list of attractions compiled in the 17th C.
The newly placed information board says that the current Cairn was placed there as a marker for the stone circle in 1926.
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