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Mark, Glen App
Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Kiln (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Mark, Glen App
Classification Farmstead (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Kiln (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 60888
Site Number NX07SE 31
NGR NX 07824 74365
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60888
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
Further examination of the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ayrshire 1857, sheet lxix) shows that it is the farmstead to the W (NX07SE 32) which is depicted.
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 January 2000
Field Visit (June 1981)
Mark, Glen App 1 NX 078 743 NX07SE 31
About 500m ESE of Mark there is a farmstead comprising the remains of three rectangular buildings, an enclosure and a kiln. On the surrounding hillside there are extensive traces of rig-and-furrow cultivation, field walls and stone-built pens. It is named 'Old Mark' and depicted as ruinous on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, but cannot be certainly identified with the farmsteads of High and Low Mark recorded on earlier maps.
RCAHMS 1981, visited June 1981
(Roy 1747-55, sheet 2/2; Armstrong 1775; Thomson 1828; OS 6-inch map, Ayrshire, 1st ed. (1857), sheet lxix)
Desk Based Assessment (November 2010 - July 2015)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the potential effects of the proposed Glen App Windfarm (the Development) on cultural heritage.
All historic environmental features within the development area were identified and the nature of effects on these features discussed.
Funder: Land Use Consultants Ltd
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Field Visit (26 January 2018 - 10 March 2018)
RCAHMs records a farmstead comprising the remains of three rectangular buildings, an enclosure and a kiln. They note extensive traces of rig-and-furrow cultivation, field walls and stone-built pens on the surrounding hillside.
Areas of rig and furrow and the remains of several upstanding buildings were found in the 2012 field survey carried out prior to the construction of Glen app windfarm (CFA, 2012).
The current field survey found a large open area with remains of rig and furrow, a collection of several ruined structures and an enclosure. The field area had a turf mound at the centre that measured 8.83m north-south and 6.94m east west. It was approximately 1m tall.
The rig ran northwest-southeast and measured 2.5m crest to crest with a height of 0.1m-0.2m. It was surrounded by the remains of a turf and stone bank measuring 1.5m wide by 0.5m high.
There was a cluster of three structures to the northwest of the field. Structure 1 measured 9.17m northwest-southeast and 4.8m southwest-northeast. Structure 2 measured 6.69m northwest-southeast and 4.70m southwest-northeast. Structure 3 measured 9.8m northwest-southeast and 3.9m southwest-northeast. All wall were badly damaged and had a maximum height of 0.40m.
The enclosure measured 43.56m northwest-southeast and 17m southwest northeast, and was bounded by a low stone wall that was covered in turf in places. The wall had a maximum height of 0.5m and a maximum width of 0.8m. In addition there were several small stone piles that might have been the remains of stone built pens or evidence of field clearance.
Information from Oasis (rathmell1-310361) 13 June 2018
