Camps Water
Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Camps Water
Classification Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 89214
Site Number NS92SE 50.05
NGR NS 9847 2224
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS92SE 50.05 9847 2224.
Sheepfold [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1987.
Visited by AOC (Scotland) Ltd in 1994.
J O'Sullivan 1994g.
A well-built sheepfold or sheep ree was recorded on the south bank of Camps Water, between the track (NS92SE 50.02) and the modern road. THe walls are of drystone construction, with large angular facing stones (0.3m to 0.5m) and a core of smaller rubble chips. The width of the base is 0.7m but the walls are battered to a narrower apex at 1.15m in height. There is a narrow entrance break in the south- west with remains of a wodden gate.
Though the enclosure is complete on plan, there is partial collapse of the walls at several points. The structure is unencumbered by dumbing, bracken or scrub.
J O'Sullivan 1994 AOC (Scotland) Ltd
MS/830/10
