Gargrie
Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gargrie
Classification Field System (Period Unassigned), Township (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 175596
Site Number NX25SE 51
NGR NX 2841 5242
NGR Description Centred on NX 284 524
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX25SE 51 centred on 284 524
"A thatched house one storey high in middling repair with a farm of about 500 acres of moorland attached."
Name Book 1850
A township comprising three unroofed buildings, two of which are annotated Ruin, two partially roofed buildings, one of which is T-shaped, one roofed building, two enclosures, one unroofed structure, a Kiln, five Sheep Rees, a Hay Ree and a field-system, which is partially marked by pecked lines and annotated Track of Wall, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Wigtonshire 1850, sheet 24). One unroofed building, four enclosures, one of which has five compartments, and the fragmentary remains of the field-system are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1982).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 4 November 1999
