Gardenholm Plantation
Enclosure (Iron Age)
Site Name Gardenholm Plantation
Classification Enclosure (Iron Age)
Alternative Name(s) Black Rig; Gardenholm
Canmore ID 48339
Site Number NT00NE 21
NGR NT 07277 07303
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NT00NE 21 0727 0730
Not to be confused with Gardenholm farmstead (NT 073 073), for which see NT00NE 55.
NT 0727 0730. Situated on the level summit of a small spur are the remains of a stone-walled enclosure measuring 19.0m N-S by 13.0m. For most of its circumference, only the stone footings of the wall are traceable apart from the SE where it measures 1.8m wide and 0.3m high. There is no trace of an entrance and the interior is featureless apart from a spread of stone clearance. From the available evidence this can only be classified as an enclosure but its size and situation are similar to those of a homestead.
Visited by OS (I A) 1 September 1973
No change to previous field report.
See plan.
Visited by OS (M J F) 18 August 1978
Field Visit (30 July 1990)
NT 0727 0730 NT00NE 21
This enclosure is situated on a spur on the E flank of Black Rig, to the N of Gardenholm Plantation. Roughly oval on plan, it measures 21.6m from SW to NE by 11.7m transversely within a low, grass-covered, earth-and-stone bank (2.4m thick and standing up to 0.5m high externally). No entrance is visible, and the interior is partially filled with modern field clearance.
Visited by RCAHMS (SMF), 30 July 1990.
Gardenholm. Listed as enclosure.
RCAHMS 1997.
