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Pularyan,farmstead 180m SSW of

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9734 / 54°58'24"N

Longitude: -4.9038 / 4°54'13"W

OS Eastings: 214247

OS Northings: 568164

OS Grid: NX142681

Mapcode National: GBR GH8K.NJJ

Mapcode Global: WH2S2.N825

Entry Name: Pularyan,farmstead 180m SSW of

Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5103

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Secular: farmstead

Location: Inch

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

This farmstead comprising a rectangular building and an adjoining enclosure roughly 17m by 26m and extensive rig and furrow to the S. All lies on improved land 150m to 200m to the S and SW of Pularyan.

The area proposed for scheduling includes the whole enclosure and the rig and furrow to the S. It is a roughly 100m square with its S corner where the old dyke meets the burn and extends 100m NW along the dyke and 100m NE along the burn.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

This monument is of national importance because of its potential contribution to our understanding of the arrangement of pre-improvement farmsteads and the pre-improvement use of the landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 37.

Thes monuments are listed as no 443 in the East Rhins list.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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