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Doon Hill
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Doon Hill
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field System (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Cairny Close
Canmore ID 72513
Site Number NX87NE 12
NGR NX 8703 7725
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72513
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick Irongray
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX87NE 12 8703 7725
In the area centred NX 870 772, on the N slopes of Doon Hill, are the remains of a probable medieval field system, consisting of cultivation terraces, enclosures, clearance heaps, and at least one rectangular building foundation.
Visited by OS (DWR) 19 November 1973.
A farmstead annotated 'Ruins of', comprising one unroofed building annotated 'Ruin' and a field-system annotated 'Old Fences' are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kirkcudbrightshire 1854, sheet 26), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1981).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 11 January 2000.
