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Galdenoch,farmstead 500m south east of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9146 / 54°54'52"N

Longitude: -4.8433 / 4°50'35"W

OS Eastings: 217849

OS Northings: 561468

OS Grid: NX178614

Mapcode National: GBR GHFQ.D7R

Mapcode Global: WH2S9.KQWR

Entry Name: Galdenoch,farmstead 500m SE of

Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5057

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Secular: farmstead

Location: New Luce

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

This small farmstead is situated in an improved field on the top of the slopes above the haugh of the Water of Luce. There are two rectangular buildings and a possible sub-rectangular enclosure, the E building (about 5m by 3m by 0.5m high) is best preserved and has been used as a clearnce cairn. Hay or sillage is grown to within a

metre or so of the buildings.

The area proposed for scheduling extends from the SW corner of the field 50m along the S dyke and 70m due N also 70m along the old W dyke and 90m roughly ENE: this will include the building and part of the bank of the enclosure and 25m NW-SE. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

This monument is of national importance as one of a group of pre-improvement farms which together contain the potential to enhance, through excavation and through comparative study, archaeological understanding of the land-use and management of the pre-improvement landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 SE 66.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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