Shaw Hill
Enclosure (Post Medieval)
Site Name Shaw Hill
Classification Enclosure (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 374528
Site Number NX34NW 124
NGR NX 34628 49709
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/374528
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mochrum
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
Project (9 December 2020)
A historic environment assessment was required by Mark Hamilton Landscape Services to inform a programme of tree-planting at Chilcarroch, near Port William, Dumfries and Galloway. The desk-based assessment identified thirty sites within the assessment area. None of the sites were protected by designation .
The walkover survey took place on the 9th of December 2020.
information from Sarah Krischer, Rathmell Archaeology Ltd, 18th December 2020
OASIS ID: rathmell1-415235
Field Visit (9 December 2020)
The site is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey as a large rectangular enclosure with a rectangular structure. The enclosure is visible on the second edition. Neither the structure nor the enclosure are shown on modern mapping, although the site is visible on aerial imagery.
The site was identified as a rectangular structure measuring 40.7m north-south by 24.1m transversely. It contained a smaller rectangular drystone wall structure measuring 11m by 10m. The walls were constructed of worked stone blocks and were preserved to a maximum height of 1.2m. The walls were 0.3m wide.
