Airds Farm
Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Airds Farm
Classification Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64863
Site Number NX84NW 5
NGR NX 8175 4845
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64863
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Rerrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX85NW 5 8175 4845
The copper mines in the vicinity of Airds Farm have been unproductive for a long period. The shaft runs more than 100 fathoms into the face of a hill close to the shore, and has been hitherto wrought with great labour and expenses. Near to the mines is a ponderous rocking stone.
M Harper 1896.
An area of disturbed ground indicates the site of the mines.
Visited by OS (JP) 12 August 1969.
A disused copper mine and sheepfold, both of which are depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kirkcudbrightshire 1895, Sheet lvi) and the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1978), have been recorded on oblique aerial photography (RCAHMSAP 2000) lying about 400m S of Airds. The sheepfold abuts a field boundary and the copper mine is defined by an area of disturbed ground.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM) 14 December 2004.
