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Clack Hill
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Clack Hill
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 68868
Site Number NX66NW 13.03
NGR NX 6239 6715
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Balmaghie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
Field Visit (30 May 1990)
NX66NW 13.3 6239 6715.
Two shielings and two pairs of folds are situated within 50m of one another on small terraces along the rocky W side of Clack Hill. The more northerly of the group is an elliptical turf-built shieling, which measures 6.5m from E to W by 4.9m transversely over banks standing up to 0.5m in height, providing an internal space 4m from E to W by 2.5m transversely. A few metres to the S are the low stony foundations of a two-compartment fold. Beside it to the S are the low green-covered footings of a two-compartment shieling, which measure 7.5m from E to W by 4.7m transversely. Some 30m to the S is the fourth member of the group which comprises a narrow stone-built fold of two unequal parts attached to a stone bank around the edge of the terrace.
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 30 May 1990.
