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Latitude: 55.205 / 55°12'17"N
Longitude: -2.9997 / 2°59'59"W
OS Eastings: 336471
OS Northings: 590535
OS Grid: NY364905
Mapcode National: GBR 78H7.CZ
Mapcode Global: WH7YH.WFQN
Entry Name: Sorbie,cultivation terraces 450m NW of
Scheduled Date: 26 March 1987
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4410
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: cultivation terraces
Location: Ewes
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
The monument is a set of seven very pronounced cultivation terraces of medieval date. They lie on the SE facing slope of Parson?s Rig. They cover an area of 1.5 hectares, extended up to 140m in length and range from 5m to 20m in width, with scarps up to 1.2m high. It has been suggested that the terraces are associated with a system of rig and furrow cultivation around. It seems more likely that the terraces predate it.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Cultivation terraces are not common in the area. This monument, together with the terraces at Calkin are of national importance to the theme of Medieval settlement and economy. It is likely that they represent an earlier stage of cultivation than the rig and furrow systems associated rectangular platform buildings. The terraces are therefore of national importance to the theme of the development of Medieval agriculture. The terraces will cover part of the contemporary old land surface; study of this will be of national importance to the theme of medieval land use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NY 39 SE 23.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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