Shiel Hill
Bothy(S) (Period Unassigned), Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Shiel Hill
Classification Bothy(S) (Period Unassigned), Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 43535
Site Number NS51SW 7
NGR NS 5416 1282
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43535
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish New Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS51SW 7 5416 1282
Homestead: On Shiel Hill, a roughly rectangular enclosure, 77m by 75m, contains a large, oval, turf-walled house, 16.4m by 6.6m, with a D-shaped annexe on the W, 9m by 6.2m. Four minor turf 'huts' lie along the N Wall, and a further possible hut is in an annexed enclosure to the N.
W Lonie and F Newall 1974
A small clearance cairn is at the centre of a number of sinuous field banks and three or four small bothies, but this site cannot be described as a homestead, rather a minor settlement site. The oval, turf-walled house was not identified.
Visited by OS (MJF) 27 September 1980.
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)
