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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 731976
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/731976
NY29SW 25 2370 9105
See also NY29SW 26.
It is traditionally said that there was a hunting lodge at Tanlawhill (NY 237 912). Moll's map, published in 1745, shows a tower there and a stone, brought from Tanlawhill, and carved with the royal arms of Scotland is now on one of the cottage doors at Berrycar. (Berryscaur: NY 161907). (However, see NY29SW 26).
J and R Hyslop 1912
There is no trace of an early building at Tanlawhill. Several dressed stones, however, and a sandstone lintel dated 1659 (now built into the front wall of the house) have been discovered in the grounds. These finds, together with the documentary evidence tend to confirm the existence of an earlier building of some importance at this site. It is not possible to determine whether the lintel at Berryscaur came from Tanlawhill or Westside (see NY29SW 26).
Visited by OS (BS) 17 October 1978
An enclosure, which is marked by pecked lines, and a circular Sheepfold are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumfriesshire 1862, sheet xxxv). Three enclosures, two of which are incomplete, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1982).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 16 June 2000.