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Latitude: 56.3894 / 56°23'21"N
Longitude: -3.7062 / 3°42'22"W
OS Eastings: 294762
OS Northings: 723213
OS Grid: NN947232
Mapcode National: GBR 1N.1F9Y
Mapcode Global: WH5P3.1NFN
Entry Name: Sair Law,burial mound 500m WNW of Carsehead
Scheduled Date: 6 April 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5323
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary)
Location: Fowlis Wester
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Almond and Earn
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument is a prehistoric burial mound situated on the summit of a gravel ridge. It lies within and is largely defined by a relatively recent wall enclosing an area 30m in diameter; it is a maximum of 1.5m high.
The area to be scheduled extends beyond the stone wall and measures 50m in diameter, to include the mound and an area around it which features associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved burial mound which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial and ritual practice. The monument is in addition important because an area of prehistoric land surface will be sealed beneath the mound; this might provide important information on early agriculture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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