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Craig Burn

Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Craig Burn

Classification Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 331443

Site Number NY38NW 75

NGR NY 32190 86793

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Westerkirk
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Activities

External Reference (18 October 2010)

Sheepfold shown as a circular feature, annotated on the First

Edition mapping, present but not annotated on the Second Edition.

Still visible on aerial photographs. Drystone Wall constructed with a

windbreak off of the south opening.

Information from J Strickland, North Pennines Archaeology 18 October 2010

Field Walking (7 October 2010 - 31 October 2010)

In October 2010, North Pennines Archaeology Ltd was commissioned by Edwin Thompson Chartered Surveyors, to undertake an archaeological desk-based assessment and walkover survey of Craig Hill, Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway (NGR NY 330 882).

The survey area is located within the vicinity of a number of features, including two Scheduled Ancient Monuments on Craig Hill and Little Hill, and prehistoric burnt mounds. There are also records of an old field bank adjacent to the road as well as the yet unconfirmed route of the Roman Road on the eastern slope of Craig Hill. In the 1980s the RCAHMS surveyed the area, however they were selective in what was recorded.

The archaeological walkover survey recorded 14 sites, 11 of which were identified from early cartographic sources, one site that was recorded during a 2007 archaeological walkover survey, and two previously unrecorded sites.

Information from Oasis (northpen3-84718) 26 March 2013

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