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Latitude: 54.9598 / 54°57'35"N
Longitude: -5.1773 / 5°10'38"W
OS Eastings: 196677
OS Northings: 567414
OS Grid: NW966674
Mapcode National: GBR FHLL.P9G
Mapcode Global: WH1QT.FLVM
Entry Name: Mains of Airies,farmstead 900m WSW of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4880
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: Kirkcolm
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a pre-improvement farmstead situated in a field of improved pasture on the SW flank of Orbain Hill. It consists of a rectangular building, scooped enclosures and a second, smaller rectangular structure. The building has three compartments and measures 18.6m NNW-SSE by 6.3m overall. About 12m to the N are at least three small scooped enclosures. Attached to one is the second structure, measuring c 11m square overall.
All of the walls appearas low turf-covered banks up to 0.3m high. The area to be scheduled includes the buildings, the enclosures, and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may befound. It measures 80m NNE-SSW by 60m transversely, bounded by, but excluding, the dyke to the SE, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a pre-improvement farmstead which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of medieval and later settlement and agriculture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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