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West Cairngaan

Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Site Name West Cairngaan

Classification Farmhouse (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 175550

Site Number NX13SW 74

NGR NX 12850 31909

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/175550

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkmaiden
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Wigtownshire

Archaeology Notes

NX13SW 74.00 12850 31909

NX13SW 74.01 NX 12794 31945 West Cairngaan Cottage

(Location cited as NX 1285 3190). A farmstead comprising two unroofed buildings, one partially roofed long building, which is annotated Ruins and has an attached roofed horse-gang, three roofed buildings, two of which are T-shaped, and three enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Wigtonshire 1850, sheet 36). The modern farmstead of West Cairngaan is shown at this location on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1984).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 3 December 1999.

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