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Latitude: 54.9641 / 54°57'50"N
Longitude: -4.9069 / 4°54'24"W
OS Eastings: 214000
OS Northings: 567137
OS Grid: NX140671
Mapcode National: GBR GH8L.746
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.LHKB
Entry Name: Cairnerzean,farmstead 750m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5100
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
This monument is situated on the edge of the improved land NE of the summit of Cairnerzean Fell. A sheep fold has been constructed over it. A single rectangular building is visible to the S of two fenced pens within the fold. The remains of the farmstead, which do not exceeed 0.3m high, stand on a slight rise. The area proposed for scheduling follows the lines of the stone dykes on its NE and NW and extends 40m SW from the NE wall and 30m SE from the NW wall. This includes the monument and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its use and construction may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance because it is one of a group of settlement remains generally removed during the improvements between the Main Water of Luce and Cairnerzean Fell and as part of this group has the potential to give important information regarding building layout and land use in the pre-improvement landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 28.
This monument appears as no.377 in the East Rhins list
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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