Mark Hill
Head Dyke (Post Medieval)(Possible), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Mark Hill
Classification Head Dyke (Post Medieval)(Possible), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 178109
Site Number NX85SW 33
NGR NX 8419 5483
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/178109
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Colvend And Southwick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX85SW 33 8419 5483
A single unroofed structure annotated 'Old Sheep Ree' and what may be a head-dyke are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kirkcudbrightshire 1854, sheet 46), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1982).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 27 June 2000.
Field Visit (2009)
NX 8416 5484 Near the location of ‘Old Sheep Ree’ on 1st Edition OS 6" map is a D-shaped enclosure 32m by up to 22m across contour, over a 3–4m thick rubble wall, with traces of inner and outer facings. There are the remains of a building 12m long overlying the wall on the E arc.
Archive: RCAHMS – Accession 2009/54, manuscript MS/5753
Tom Welsh
