Monks Burn
Sheepfold (19th Century)
Site Name Monks Burn
Classification Sheepfold (19th Century)
Canmore ID 375800
Site Number NT15NE 176
NGR NT 1725 5968
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/375800
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Penicuik (City Of Edinburgh)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Field Visit (1 October 2018 - 7 November 2018)
(NT 1725 5968) Desk Assessment: The site is first shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1853 as a circular structure marked ‘sheepfold.’ It is still shown on modern mapping of the area.
Walkover: The presence of a circular structure was confirmed in this location. This was composed in part of an extant wall, surviving in the S and E quadrants to a maximum height of 1.65m, with a maximum width of 0.3m. On the W quadrant, it survived as a low bank measuring 1.1m wide and 0.2m high (maximum), with the remains of a post-and-wire fence marking its limits in the N quadrant. The structure enclosed an area approximately 20m in extent.
Information from OASIS Id: rathmell1-349154 (L Turner) 2018
