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Latitude: 54.9628 / 54°57'45"N
Longitude: -4.9034 / 4°54'12"W
OS Eastings: 214219
OS Northings: 566982
OS Grid: NX142669
Mapcode National: GBR GH8L.GQC
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.NJ7B
Entry Name: Cairnerzean,farmstead 650m SW of
Scheduled Date: 14 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5112
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
This farmstead is situated within and immediately adjacent to a walled enclosure to the S of small craigs SW of Cairnerzean Farm. Two small buildings lie parallel aligned roughly NW-SE. The vegetation cover is close cropped grass and moss and some stones are visible.
The area proposed for scheduling is a rectangle 40m SW-NE along the enclosure wall centred on grid reference 14216700 and extending 30m SE into the enclosure. This area includes the buildings and an area around them in which traces of activities associated with their construction and use may survive. The area is shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as one of a group of pre-improvement farmsteads situated between Cairnerzean Fell and the Main Water of Luce which together are an important key to our understanding of the use and layout of the pre-improvement landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
Historic Environment Scotland http://www.canmore.org.uk reference number CANMORE ID 61485 (accessed on 03/08/2021).
Local Authority HER/SMR Reference MDG1540 (accessed on 03/08/2021).
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (1994) 'Glenesslin, Nithsdale: an archaeological survey'. [available at: https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1471286] (accessed on 10/08/2021).
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (2001) ''Well shelterd and watered': Menstrie Glen, a farming landscape near Stirling.' [available at: https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1471355] (accessed on 10/08/2021).
Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/61485/
HER/SMR Reference
MDG1540
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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