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Barnhill

Enclosure (Prehistoric)

Site Name Barnhill

Classification Enclosure (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Evan Water; Barnhill, Beattock

Canmore ID 48379

Site Number NT00SE 19

NGR NT 08544 03049

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

Archaeology Notes

NT00SE 19 08544 03049

A probable circular enclosure c. 46m in diameter within a narrow ditch with two breaks on its E side is visible on air photographs. Nothing is visible on the floodplain where it is situated.

Site surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (D W R) 24 November 1971.

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Aerial Photographic Transcription (17 October 1990 - 14 November 1990)

An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.

Field Visit (July 1993)

NT 0854 0305 NT00SE 19

Nothing is visible of this enclosure which was under crop on the date of visit. It is situated on the flat flood-plain of the Evan Water about 400m W of Barnhill House (NT00SE 130).

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), July 1993.

Aerial Photographic Interpretation (20 February 1996)

NT 0854 0305 NT00SE 19

Air photography (CUCAP 1945 and 1964; RCAHMSAP 1983 and 1988) has recorded the cropmarks of a circular enclosure 400m W of Barnhill House (NT00SE 130). It measures about 50m in diameter within a ditch 2m in breadth, and there is a broad entrance on the E.

Information from RCAHMS (SPH), 20 February 1996.

Barnhill, Beattock. Listed as settlement (probable).

RCAHMS 1997.

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