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Latitude: 55.229 / 55°13'44"N
Longitude: -3.106 / 3°6'21"W
OS Eastings: 329753
OS Northings: 593306
OS Grid: NY297933
Mapcode National: GBR 67RZ.CC
Mapcode Global: WH6X4.8T6S
Entry Name: Stennieswaterfoot,settlement 625m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 13 June 1986
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4383
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships
Location: Westerkirk
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
The monument is a farmstead of the late Medieval period contained within an enclosure 20.5m E-W by 15.5m transversely. The bank is 2.2m thick and 0.2m high at the N side, where best preserved. Within the enclosure are the remains of three rectangular buildings, erected on platforms formed by digging a scoop into the hillside and dumping the spoil as an apron in front.
The first building measures 12.5m E-W by 5.5m transversely. The second measures 9.7m E-W by 4.7m transversely. The third measures 9.4m E-W by 6.3m transversely. There are associated banks to N and SE. An area a maximum of 60m N-S by 70m transversely bounded on the W by a fence and on the S by a dyke is proposed for scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance to the theme of pre-improvement rural settlement. Study of the site in conjuntion with other broadly similar sites nearby would be of national importance to the theme of pre-improvement rural economy. The monument has good field characteristics.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NY29SE 58.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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