Burnhouse Farm
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Burnhouse Farm
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 357983
Site Number NS55SE 437
NGR NS 55010 54951
NGR Description Centred on
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/357983
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Mearns
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Eastwood
- Former County Renfrewshire
Field Visit (2017)
Burnhouse Farm The buildings of this farm, which include the three-storey farmhouse (NS 55010 54951), bothy (NS 55014 54936), dairy (NS 55021 54930), small byre and hen loft (NS 55029 54917), byre (NS 55020 54932), meal house (NS 55027 54913) and modern brick-built byre (NS 54998 54934), were surveyed and photographed. The farmland surrounding Burnhouse Farm was fieldwalked in the spring of 2017 (NS 5572 5505, NS 5482 5454, NS 5466 5485, NS 5516 5403 and NS 5533 5447) and various features were noted including culverts, rig and furrow, quarrying activities, trackways and turf-covered banks.
Report: To HES in an ACFA Occasional Paper and to WoSAS (intended)
Susan Hunter – Association of Certificated Archaeologists
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
