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Bentpath, Auchendona Hill
Cultivation Terrace(S) (Prehistoric) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Bentpath, Auchendona Hill
Classification Cultivation Terrace(S) (Prehistoric) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Calkin
Canmore ID 67624
Site Number NY38NW 25
NGR NY 3042 8897
NGR Description Centred at NY 3042 8897
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67624
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Well preserved remains of later prehistoric earthwork, cultivation terraces of uncertain date and structure and field system dating to the pre-improvement period, located on south-facing slopes above Boyken Burn in semi-improved and rough pasture, within Boyken Burn ASA. Other related sites in near vicinity. Restricted views due to local topography; main views are across and along Boyken Burn valley in south-east to south-west arc. Other related sites in near vicinity.
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
Field Visit (January 1981)
Auchendona Hill, Bentpath NY 301 889 to 306 889 NY38NW
A group of cultivation terraces extends over an area of about 5ha on a S-facing hillside around the settlement NY38NW 1. The E end of the group is overlain by a later farmstead (NY38NW 38).
RCAHMS 1981, January 1981.
Field Visit (16 May 1992)
NY 301 889 NY38NW 25
Previously classified as cultivation terraces, farmstead and rig.
Traces of rig-and-furrow cultivation are visible on the terraces.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 16th May 1992
Listed as farmstead.
RCAHMS 1997.
Project (29 May 2014)
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd, a desk based assessment and walk over survey (May 29th 2014) was conducted
The historic environment record within the Site Boundary is relatively limited, although there is some potential for the proposed development site to contain previously unknown heritage assets from at least the later prehistoric period onwards, given the historic landscape character of the wider area. Taking this into account, the archaeological potential of the proposed development site is considered to be low.
A summary assessment, on a site by site basis, of the predicted effects on the settings of assets within a 10km radius where the blade tip ZTV indicates that there would be theoretical views of one or more turbines
information from Héléna Gray, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), August 2015
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278420
