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Field Visit
Date July 1980
Event ID 1136975
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1136975
Tanlawhill NY 237 910 NY29SW 25
On a broad shelf on the NE flank of Hind Fell, 250m S of Tanlawhill and adjacent to five contiguous turf-banked enclosures, there are the remains of eight rectangular buildings, two substantial stone structures and a kiln. Six of the buildings are platform-buildings, two set parallel to the contours, and one of the stone structures may be the remains of a small tower.' John Batie of Tanlaw Hill' is on record in 1598/9, and the settlement is shown in Blaeu's Atlas of 1654; it was abandoned early in the 19th century. A lintel found 'in the grounds' of Tanlawhill and now built into the modern house bears the date 1659, the initials MIR and a coat of arms bearing (? for Riddell) a chevron between three ears of rye; the initials and date M G G and 1719 have been added.
RCAHMS 1980, visited July 1980
(Blaeu 1654; SRO, RHP 9629; NM RS, DFD/157 /1; OS 6-inch map, Dumfriesshire, 1st ed., 1862, sheet xxxv; Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 301, 571-2; OS Record Card NY 29 SW 25)
