Corncockle Moss
Crannog (Period Unknown)
Site Name Corncockle Moss
Classification Crannog (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 97540
Site Number NY08NE 51
NGR NY 085 865
NGR Description NY c. 085 865
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Applegarth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY08NE 51 c. 085 865
(Location cited as NY 085 865: reference to excavation in 1863 by Sir William Jardine). Crannog of log pavement type measuring 150ft (45.7m) by over 30ft (9.1m); brushwood, layer of ferns, moss and/or peat, stones and hearth(s) noted.
G E Oakley 1973.
Listed as possible crannog in survey of crannogs in the SW Scotland.
NMRS, MS/863/1; J W Barber and B A Crone 1993.
Note (1997)
NY 085 865 NY08NE 51
Listed as crannog.
RCAHMS 1997.
