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Ashentrool

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Archaeological Landscape (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Site Name Ashentrool

Classification Archaeological Landscape (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Loss Hill

Canmore ID 144994

Site Number NS89NW 56

NGR NS 8305 9960

NGR Description centred on NS 8305 9960

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.
General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the ESE.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view.Map showing distribution of settlements in Menstrie Glen before the 1760s. Fig 23 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.showing property names in Menstrie Glen. Fig 12 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.Lossburn Reservoir, NS89NW 37, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the E.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the NE.Illustration showing layout of farmsteads in the Menstrie Glen. Fig 31 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.Extent of relict cultivation in the Ochil Hills. Fig 57 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the ENE.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the WSW.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.View of farmstead to north.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool towards Loss.Map of the western end of the Ochils showing the location of Menstrie Glen. Fig 12 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.General view of Menstrie Glen from Backside of Lipney looking north-west across the glen.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.Oblique aerial view.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool towards Loss.Crunie Burn, NS89NW 38, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view of Ashentrool archaeological landscape, taken from the SW.View of the march-dyke between Loss and Ashentrool looking northwards to the W flank of Loss Hill. The dyke was laid out in 1762. The green rise in the centre of the photograph marks the site of Patrick Henderson's sheep-house, which is mentioned in the description of the march contained in James Wright's papers.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the WSW.Map depicting arable land and settlement in the early 19th century. Fig 21 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.Map showing the extents of different types of rig in Menstrie Glen. Fig 48 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the E.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.General view of Menstrie Glen from Backside of Lipney looking north-west across the glen.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the E.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool towards Loss.Oblique aerial view.General view of Menstrie Glen from Backside of Lipney looking north-west across the glen.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the E.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the E.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view of Ashentrool centred on an archaeological landscape, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.General view to south-east of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool towards Loss. Scan of D/59286/CN, ground view of Menstrie Glen. Scanned for Menstrie Glen publication.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool towards Loss. The stone dyke in the foreground is one of the new land divisions laid out in the 1760's. It marks the march between Ashentrool and Loss and the line of trees leading away on the left of the picture follows the boundary of the emparkemnt established between Loss and Townhead.Map showing distribution of settlements in Menstrie Glen before the 1760s with head-dykes and cultivated ground. Fig 11 in "Well shelterd & watered" Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view.General view of Menstrie Glen from Backside of Lipney looking north-west across the glen.General view of Menstrie Glen from Ashentrool (NS89NW 56.00) looking south-east.Loss Hill, NS89NW 39, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Logie (Stirling)
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Stirlingshire

Activities

Field Visit (5 June 1997)

RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Menstrie Glen

NS89NW 56.00 centred on 8305 9960

NS89NW 56.01 NS 8300 9939 Farmsteads; Enclosures (MENS97 98-101, 136-44)

NS89NW 56.02 NS 8300 9960 Field-systems; Enclosures; Trackways; Rig; Head-dyke (Possible)

NS89NW 56.03 NS 8271 9962 Building (MENS97 135)

NS89NW 56.04 NS 8297 9993 Shieling-huts (MENS97 81-5)

NS89NW 56.05 NS 8304 9986 Shieling-huts (MENS97 86-7, 168-9)

NS89NW 56.06 NS 8299 9982 Copper Mine (MENS97 80)

NS89NW 56.07 NS 8318 9971 Hut (MENS97 88)

NS89NW 56.08 NS 8320 9951 Copper Mines; Enclosure

NS89NW 56.09 NS 8357 9935 Building; Enclosure (MENS97 89)

NS89NW 56.10 NS 8299 9969 Mining Activity

On the hillside around Ashentrool there is an extensive palimpsest of settlement, cultivation remains and mining activity. Settlement is focused around Ashentrool where two distinct phases can be identified. A farmstead which was depicted as ruinous on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire and Clackmanannshire 1865-6, sheet cxxxiii; Parts of Stirlingshire 1865-6, sheets x and xi), post-dates three farmsteads to the N. Further buildings and shieling-huts are scattered across the hill.

Cultivation remains, comprising three differing types of rig and an extensive network of banks, cover much of the hill. The banks serve to define cultivated ground, stock enclosures and larger intakes of grazing. Small scale copper mining in the mid-18th century is confined to the flanks of Loss Hill.

(MENS97 80-9, 98-101, 135-44)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 6 May and 5 June 1997

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