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Lingdowey Burn
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Lingdowey Burn
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Lingdowie
Canmore ID 61353
Site Number NX16NE 13
NGR NX 1528 6739
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61353
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
Field Visit (29 May 1911)
Fortified Site, Lingdowie Burn.
In the angle formed by the junction of the Lingdowie Burn with the main Water of Luce, is a large, fiat-topped, isolated rock covered with trees and vegetation, surrounded on the S. and E. by a chasm in the rock and the glen of the burn, and on the N. side by the river, above which it rises some 50'. Towards its western end the chasm has been bridged over by a wall of dry-stone masonry for a length of 7', and with a width of 10' as far as ascertainable. On the NW. a regular pathway leads to the summit. Around the top there are no signs of fortifications, nor is the rock noted as a fortified site, but except for such an occupation the bridging of the chasm is difficult to account for.
O. S.M., WIGTOWN, vi. SE. (unnoted).
Visited 29th May 1911.
Field Visit (12 March 1968)
NX16NE 13 1528 6739.
The causeway described by RCAHMS was located at NX 1528 6739. It appears to be relatively modern and, although its purpose is not clear, it may have been built, merely to provide access to the top of the isolated rock, the chasm having formerly extended further to the NW. No evidence of fortification was noted on the rock or in its vicinity.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 12 March 1968
Field Visit (12 May 1986)
Natural feature. The only artificial feature is a bank of relatively recent date running along the bottom of the gully on the W.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 12 May 1986
