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