Fourmerkland
Pit Defined Cursus (Neolithic)
Site Name Fourmerkland
Classification Pit Defined Cursus (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Burnside Of Baltersan
Canmore ID 65956
Site Number NX98SW 67
NGR NX 91550 80040
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Holywood
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX98SW 67 91550 80040
See also NX98SW 5, NX98SW 47, NX98SW 54, NX98SW 66.
A pit-alignment is visible as cropmarks within the Roman Temporary Camp (NX98SW 5).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Scheduled (with NX98SW 5 and NX98SW 66 ) as Burnside of Baltersan, ring ditch, pits and Roman camp.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 11 May 1993.
What may be the square-ended W terminal of a pit-defined cursus is visible on aerial photographs within the Roman Temporary Camp at Fourmerkland (NX98SW 5). It lies on a flat terrace above the Cluden Water some 680m to the SE of Fourmerkland farm. The visible portion of the cursus measures at least 55m from E to W by about 28m transversely, and the sharp drop in ground-level to the E suggests that it is unlikely to have continued for more than a further 140m. A ring-ditch measuring about 10m in diameter straddles the S side of the cursus adjacent to the W terminal (NX98SW 66). The cursus is plotted on a distribution map of Neolithic monuments covering southern Scotland (RCAHMS 1997, 115, fig. 110).
Information from RCAHMS (ARG), 7 April 1998
Aerial Photographic Transcription (3 May 2012)
