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Latitude: 55.2329 / 55°13'58"N
Longitude: -2.992 / 2°59'31"W
OS Eastings: 337007
OS Northings: 593641
OS Grid: NY370936
Mapcode National: GBR 77KX.1Y
Mapcode Global: WH7YB.0QJQ
Entry Name: Meikledale, settlement 800m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1986
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4373
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships
Location: Ewes
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
The monument is a farmstead of the pre-improvement period, comprising a slightly scooped enclosure measuring 58m (NW-SE) x 28m transversely within a wall spread up to 4.4m in thickness and 0.6m high, with possible entrances to NW and S. It contains the remains of two rectangular platform buildings (both c. 10m x 7.5m). To the NW lies an area of associated rig and furrow cultivation, bounded at the NW by a low bank. The field is split by low banks running NE-SW.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance to the theme of pre-improvement rural settlement. It is of particular interest because of its large size and its stone wall. The adjacent rig and furrow is also important because of the light it will throw on agricultural practices during its occupation. Taken with other broadly comparable examples in the area, it is of national importance to the theme of organisation of the pre-improvement rural economy.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded as RCAHMS number NY 39 SE 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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