Capelaw Hill
Sheep House (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Capelaw Hill
Classification Sheep House (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 277203
Site Number NT26NW 469
NGR NT 21428 65251
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277203
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT26NW 469 21428 65251
This sheepfold (CDTA05 35) is situated in rough pasture on the steep S flank of Capelaw Hill, about 130m W of the remains of Capelaw farmsteading (NT26NW 416). Roughly circular on plan, the fold measures about 15m in diameter over a wall reduced to a grass-grown bank up to 4.8m in thickness and 0.3m in height. A sheephouse (CDTA05 36) attached to the W side of the fold is subrectangular on plan, measuring about 16m from E to W by 2m transversely within a low grass-grown bank.
(CDTA05 35-6)
Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH), 25 May 2005.
