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Birrens Hill
Cord Rig (Prehistoric)
Site Name Birrens Hill
Classification Cord Rig (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Carruthers Hill; Birrens Moss
Canmore ID 87375
Site Number NY28SW 73
NGR NY 2450 8089
NGR Description Centred NY 2450 8089
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87375
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Middlebie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (19 October 1995)
NY28SW 73 centred 2450 8089
Traces of cord rig cultivation remains, situated immediately to the NE of the settlement (NY28SW 9) on Birrens Hill, are visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP 1957 and RCAHMSAP 1991).
Information from RCAHMS (SPH), 19 October 1995.
Listed as Birrens Moss, cord rig.
RCAHMS 1997.
