Airswood Sike
Farmstead (16th Century) - (19th Century), Field System (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Site Name Airswood Sike
Classification Farmstead (16th Century) - (19th Century), Field System (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Arieswood
Canmore ID 67353
Site Number NY29SE 55
NGR NY 25750 92421
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67353
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
A farmstead comprising one unroofed building annotated Ruin, one roofed building and one enclosure, a Sheepfold and a field are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumfriesshire 1862, sheet xxxv), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1983).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 June 2000
Field Visit (August 1980)
Airswood NY 257 924 NY29SE 55
The remains of this farmstead are situated in a forestry clearing 1km W of Bankburnfoot cottage. It appears on an estate plan of 1718 as one of the two farmhouses of 'Arieswood' and was abandoned in the 19th century (see also NY29SE 25)
RCAHMS 1980, visited August 1980
(SRO, RHP 9629; NM RS, DFD/156/1; OS 6-inch map, Dumfriesshire, 1st ed., 1862, sheet xxxv; OS 6-inch map, Dumfriesshire, 2nd ed., 1900, sheet xxxv NW)
Note (1997)
NY 2575 9241 NY29SE 55
Listed as farmstead.
RCAHMS 1997.
