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Brennan
Sheepfold(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Brennan
Classification Sheepfold(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 159644
Site Number NX59SE 48
NGR NX 5728 9075
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Carsphairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX59SE 48 5728 9075
NX 570 908 (centre) An area of 1000 acres surrounding Braidenoch Hill was inspected and numerous previously unrecorded sites were located.
A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Scottish Woodlands Ltd.
T Ward 1998
Three sheepfolds, on the upper SE-facing slopes of Braidenoch Hill, were noted during a pre-afforestation survey. Two are turf-built with a significant stone content in their banks. Both are overlain by a larger, rectangular drystone-walled sheepfold. The better-preserved of the turf-built folds measures 8m from E to W and is open-ended on the E. It is situated in the SW corner of the stone-built fold. The second turf-built fold is longer and narrower and aligned from N to S.
The rectangular sheepfold is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kirkcudbrightshire 1853, sheet 9) and shown on the current edition of the OS 6-inch map (1980).
T Ward and M Brown (Biggar Museum Trust) July 1998; NMRS MS 959/3, no.12
