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Latitude: 54.9213 / 54°55'16"N
Longitude: -4.8322 / 4°49'55"W
OS Eastings: 218591
OS Northings: 562188
OS Grid: NX185621
Mapcode National: GBR GHFP.Z6V
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.RK4L
Entry Name: Mid Gleniron,farmstead and field system 1050m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4990
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The farmstead of Bessie's Fey lies on unimproved pasture to the S and
W of craigs on the W side of Gleniron Fell 30m WNW of the march dyke between Mid Gleniron and Galdenoch farms. There are the remains of
two rectangular buildings, an enclosure. There is a second enclosure
50m to the NNE and 140m to the S there is a kiln. There are extensive traces of rig and furrow cultivation around the building.
The proposed scheduled area is a rectangle with its S corner at the change of angle of the march dyke between Mid Gleniron and Galdenoch.
It measures 250m SSE by 100m ENE and contains the whole of the
immediate area of the farmstead including all the visible monuments.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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