Craigengale
Quarry (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Site Name Craigengale
Classification Quarry (Period Unknown)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Little Larg
Canmore ID 61438
Site Number NX16NE 81
NGR NX 15020 66226
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61438
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16NE 81 1501 6622
See also NX16NE 133.
On the crest of Craigengale there is a deep hollow in the surface of the peat with loose stone in the bottom. Similar hollows in the peat have formed around large cairns and field banks elsewhere and it is possible that this hollow marks the site of a large stone built structure buried beneath the peat.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 6 March 1986.
Field Visit (24 March 2022)
This hollow, which is situated on the summit of a ridge in open moorland, measures 9.5m from N to S by 7.5m transversely and 1.2m in depth. There is a small spread, grass-grown mound within it on the NE, which appears to have derived from a shallow depression to its SW.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (A. Welfare; G. Brown) 24 March 2022.
Field Visit (24 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from SITE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
