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Arbigland
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned), Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Arbigland
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Lime Kiln (Period Unassigned), Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Maxwellfield Cottages; Moor
Canmore ID 65365
Site Number NX95NE 36
NGR NX 979 571
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65365
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkbean
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX95NE 36 979 571
About one mile W of Arbigland House, the rubble remains of another limekiln marked on Ainslie's map. This kiln was associated with the activities of the famous agricultural improver, William Craik of Arbigland, who was a great advocate of liming.
I Donnachie 1971.
A cothouse thatched and in middling repair, it formerly had a farm of land attached.
Name Book 1854.
A farmstead, comprising one roofed and one partially roofed building annotated 'Ruin' is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kirkcudbrightshire 1854, sheet 47). One roofed building and three enclosures are shown on the OS 1:10000 map (1980).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 27 June 2000.
