Doon - Drumloff
Track (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S)
Site Name Doon - Drumloff
Classification Track (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S)
Canmore ID 65306
Site Number NX89SW 15
NGR NX 8196 9392
NGR Description From NX 8196 9392 to NX 7339 9337
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Tynron
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX89SW 15 8196 9392 to 7339 9337.
There are remains of a Roman road leading from the Doon (NX 8196 9392) to Drumloff (NX 7339 9337) and crossing the Shinnel above Stenhouse (NX 7997 9309), along the line of which Roman urns containing calcined bones have been found.
NSA 1841 (R Wilson)
Nothing conclusive is visible on A.Ps. (541/A/529, 3277-9)
The Shinnel calley is an obvious E-W communication route but there is no evidence of Ro work in association with the existing pack-ways and modern road system, along the route described. A terraced pack-way is traceable from NX 822 933 to NX 815 932 where it joins the modern road as far as Tynron Church. Here it continues as a track to the 6" sheet edge in Auchengibbert Wood at NX 800 932.
Visited by OS (JRL) 24 August 1977
