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Latitude: 55.1281 / 55°7'41"N
Longitude: -3.1122 / 3°6'43"W
OS Eastings: 329178
OS Northings: 582088
OS Grid: NY291820
Mapcode National: GBR 69Q4.0J
Mapcode Global: WH6XQ.5C8L
Entry Name: Callisterhall,farmstead 400m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 31 March 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4520
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: Langholm
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
The monument is a pre-improvement farmstead, some 200 to 600 years old, situated on the SE flank of Standingstone Edge. The farmstead is in an area of rough pasture surrounded by wet grass moorland. The site consists of at least four rectangular houses within an extensive area (c2 hectares) of enclosed rig-and-furrow fields. The field banks and the rig-and-furrow are particularly well preserved. The area to be proposed for scheduling includes the house, enclosures, rig-and-furrow fields, and an area around them in which traces of activity associated with their use will survive. The area respects the general shape of the monument and measures 300m (N-S) by a maximum of 170m transversely.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because, as a well-preserved example of a pre-improvement farmstead and field system, it has the potential to greatly increase our understanding of the settlement and economy of the Medieval and post Medieval period in upland areas of S Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the site as NR92NE 5.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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