Shiel Hill
Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Shiel Hill
Classification Enclosure(S) (Period Unassigned), Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 43532
Site Number NS51SW 4
NGR NS 5455 1295
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43532
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish New Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS51SW 4 5455 1295
A much spread circular enclosure 10.2m by 8.85m overlaid by a secondary enclosure, stone lined and 8.23m in diameter, lies E of the Burnston Water and N of the head-dyke. S of the head-dyke is a boat-shaped 'hut' 14.9m by 5.5m with the entrance at the narrow N end, beyond which the W wall projects for another 5m.
W Lonie and F Newall 1974
The two ruined enclosures described above are of no great age. There is a rig and furrow and old field walls on this hillside and it is likely that these enclosures were associated with these features.
Visited by OS (BS) 7 June 1976.
Ground Survey (1 November 2013)
NS 5410 1280 A walkover survey was undertaken on 1 November 2013 in advance of an extension to the opencast coal mine. A total of six locations previously identified as containing visible archaeological remains were visited. Woodland covered the majority of the development area and only one site, a relatively modern cistern at Craigman, was located. The remains at the other sites appear to have been destroyed by the forestry planning. A previously unidentified dry stone wall was also recorded.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Hargreaves Surface Mining
Alastair Becket - Northlight Heritage
(Source: DES)
