Blackwoodhill

NS54NW 21 54 48

NS 548 487 - 549 484. Originally the boundary between the Earl of Eglinton's estates and the Montgomery estate of Auchenhood. Due to farm amalgamations, it declined to farm boundary status and was later divided into field boundaries. Best preserved between NS 548 487 and NS 549 484, it is also traceable across the entrance of Dunwan Fort at NS 546 489 and between NS 546 491 and NS 548 492. Maps of the estate are available at West Register House.

T C Welsh 1975; J Ainslie 1789

A programme of archaeological mitigation works was carried out prior to and during the construction of a wind farm at Whitelee, Eaglesham. Sample excavations were carried out where access roads intersected the remains the of three turf covered stone and earth banks (NS54NW 21, NS54NW 96, NS54NW 103). No artefacts were recovered and it was not possible to date the bank remains. A watching brief was carried out at Drumduff Hill where an access track intersected the alledged route of a trackway (NS54NE 39) recorded on the Ordnance Survey map. The track measured 3m wide and was formed with small stones and gravel set into natural clay subsoil. A further watching brief was carried out at Corse Hill during topsoil stripping for the construction of Turbine 104 which lay close to the previously recorded location of a turf-walled hut (NS54NE 20). Topsoil stripping revealed part of a copper earthing mat which was connected with the radar station situated at the summit of Corse Hill. No features or deposits of archaeological significance were uncovered. Watching briefs were also carried out at Lochgoin Farm (NS54NW 3), Drumduff Hill (NS54NE 4 and NS54NE 46 ), Padanochie Burn where the access road passed close to a 19th century burial and monument, and within the Flow Moss Area. No finds or features were identified.

Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-54432