Troughstone
Cultivation Terrace(S) (Medieval)
Site Name Troughstone
Classification Cultivation Terrace(S) (Medieval)
Canmore ID 44409
Site Number NS57NE 12
NGR NS 5765 7945
NGR Description Centred at NS 5765 7945
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44409
- Council Stirling
- Parish Strathblane (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS57NE 12 5765 7945.
Cultivation Terraces, Troughstone. From a point just E of Troughstone Cottages as far as the E boundary of the policies of Ballagan House, the lower-most slopes of the hillside, just above the highway, are marked with numerous lengths of terracing, irregularly placed. Though less distinct than those at Campsie (No. 506), they are evidently cultivation terraces which have survived on an area which was unsuitable for other agricultural methods. The negative lynchets are generally up to 2ft or 3ft high, but one close to Troughstone reaches a height of about 7ft.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 11 August 1953
As described by the Commission. Not considered worthy of survey.
Visited by OS (W D J) 2 May 1966.
Note (1979)
Troughstone NS 576 794 NS57NE 12
The remains of a group of terraces occupy the lower slopes of this S-facing hillside W of Troughstone Cottage.
RCAHMS 1979
(RCAHMS 1963, p. 423, no. 507)
