Black Hill
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Rig And Furrow (Medieval)
Site Name Black Hill
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Rig And Furrow (Medieval)
Canmore ID 43531
Site Number NS51SW 3
NGR NS 546 139
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43531
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish New Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS51SW 3 546 139
Steading: On E bank of Linn Burn, above a Drove Ford, and in a loop of the stream, associated with rigged land to the S and E, bounded on the N by the Roman Road, refurbished as a heavy turf head-dyke. A raised platform, probably to support a timber house, 12.3m x 6.1m with sunk floor at N end. To W is a semi-circular scooped area, partly stone lined. A grave mound 3.6m x 2m lies 20m to N.
W Lonie and F Newall 1974
