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Latitude: 55.2321 / 55°13'55"N
Longitude: -2.9776 / 2°58'39"W
OS Eastings: 337925
OS Northings: 593535
OS Grid: NY379935
Mapcode National: GBR 77NY.57
Mapcode Global: WH7YB.7RCC
Entry Name: Mosspeeble,farmstead 350m W of
Scheduled Date: 26 March 1987
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4405
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: Ewes
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
The monument comprises the remains of four rectangular buildings of the pre-improvement period, situated on the steep E slope of Stibbiegill Knowe. All four buildings are constructed parallel to the contour, their size ranging 15m by 3.4m to 8.3m by 3.5. Adjoining the two most southerly buildings there is a slightly scooped enclosure measuring 10.5m by 8.5m internally. An area measuring 100m (NNE-SSW) by 80m transversely, lying on the boundary fence on the E, is proposed for scheduling, to include an area around the buildings in which traces of ancillary activities may have survived. The houses are unusual because they are built parallel to the contour.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monuments have well preserved field characteristics. They are of national importance to the theme of pre-improvement settlement. Taken together with other farmsteads of the period in Ewesdale they are of national importance to the theme of the organisation of the pre-improvement landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NY 39 SE 22.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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