Killern
Cairnfield (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Killern
Classification Cairnfield (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 83785
Site Number NX55NE 61
NGR NX 572 580
NGR Description centred on NX 572 580
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/83785
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Anwoth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
Field Visit (21 March 1994)
NX55NE 61 572 centred on 580
Two sub-rectangular shieling-huts (Cree94 130, 131) are situated on the N edge of a group of at least twelve small cairns scattered across a well-drained ridge to the SE of Kenlum Hill. The larger of the huts (Cree94 131) measures 4.7m by 3m within boulder footings 0.6m in thickness and 0.4m in height and banks extend from either side of the entrance to form a baffle. The huts are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Kirkcudbrightshire 1854, sheet 43) as unroofed and labelled as 'Old Fences'. What may be a further hut, measuring 3m in diameter overall (NX 5738 5787; Cree94 373), is situated on a terrace to the SE of the two huts.
The small cairns measure up to 4m in diameter and 0.4m in height, while the cultivation ridges measure between 3m and 4m between furrows and lie to the W of most of the cairns, possibly post-dating them.
(Cree94 130, 131, 373)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 21 March 1994
