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Latitude: 55.214 / 55°12'50"N
Longitude: -3.1022 / 3°6'7"W
OS Eastings: 329969
OS Northings: 591633
OS Grid: NY299916
Mapcode National: GBR 68S4.5R
Mapcode Global: WH6XB.B60R
Entry Name: Georgefield,settlement 230m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1986
Last Amended: 7 December 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4371
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships
Location: Westerkirk
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
The monument is a pre-improvement farmstead consisting of an enclosure 39.5m x 27m within a bank 2.6m thick accompanied on the NW, NE and SE by an external ditch 2.9m broad, containing the remains of two rectangular platform buildings. It is particular interest because its bank and tich are of different character from those of the Iron Age enclosures of the area, and are unique among the pre-improvement settlements of Eskdale.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of particularl national importance because of the bank and ditch which has excellent field characteristics. They are of completely different character to those of Iron Age sites in the area and are unique amongst the pre-improvement settlements of the area. The monument is nationally important to the theme of medieval rural settlement and economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NY 29 SE 26.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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