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Fox Plantation
Pit(S) (Period Unknown), Rectilinear Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fox Plantation
Classification Pit(S) (Period Unknown), Rectilinear Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Barsolus Cottage
Canmore ID 61223
Site Number NX15NW 15
NGR NX 10698 56992
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61223
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NW 15 1066 5697.
A subrectangular enclosure, measuring about 9m by 6m within a narrow ditch, has been revealed by cropmarks 140m NE of Barsolus Cottage.
RCAHMS 1987
(Name cited as Barsolus Cottage).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 5 October 1999.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (24 November 2011)
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (January 2022)
The cropmark of a rectilinear enclosure has been recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1978) 165m NE of Barsolus Cottage. It measures about 12m from N to S by 9.5m transversely within a ditch up to 1m broad. What may be an entrance is indicated by a gap in the ditch on the S. Two pits, both measuring about 1.5m in diameter, are visible 5m and 15m respectively E of the enclosure.
Information from HES Archaeological Survey (A. McCaig), January 2022.
Note (8 June 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from ENCLOSURE(S) (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
