Publication drawing; Plan of Arresgill township.

Description Publication drawing; Plan of Arresgill township.

Date 1996

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number DC 32290

Category Prints and Drawings

Copies SC 382784

Scope and Content Redrawn from DC 32326 for publication with comparative plans of townships. Plan of a farmstead at Arresgill, Dumfries and Galloway The remains of a post-medieval farmstead lie on a steep east-facing slope situated some 200m south-west of Arresgill steading. Arresgill was probably part of a larger farming unit along with the nearby farmstead at Rain Sike. The farmstead at Arresgill lies at the head of a system of ridged fields. The plan here shows at least four rectangular buildings, some with stone wall-footings, arranged in a compact group. Prior to the mid-18th century, tenant farmers and their families often dwelt in fermtouns, a loose collection of dwellings, byres and barns surrounded by fields. The better land was used for arable crops, the poorer used for the communal grazing of stock. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Scale 1:500

Medium Ink on film

External Reference Inv. fig. 257

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