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Cairnerzean,farmstead 350m south of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9638 / 54°57'49"N

Longitude: -4.8975 / 4°53'51"W

OS Eastings: 214601

OS Northings: 567078

OS Grid: NX146670

Mapcode National: GBR GH8L.CF4

Mapcode Global: WH2S2.RH1K

Entry Name: Cairnerzean,farmstead 350m S of

Scheduled Date: 28 October 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5126

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Secular: farmstead

Location: Inch

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

This farmstead comprises two stone buildings to the N and S of a more recently ruined stone building S of Cairnerzean Farm. There are also some clearance cairns to the S. The N building is clipped by a track.

The area proposed for scheduling includes the two farmstead buildings, the later building, the cairns and a section of the later enclosure wall. It measures 100m E-W by 150m N-S and the SW corner is at 14556700. It is marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

This monument is of national importance firstly as part of a group of pre-improvement farms between the Main Water of Luce and Cairnerzean Fell and secondly as a multi-period group of monuments. It therefore has the potential to give information about the pre-improvement use and layout of the landscape over a period of time in which changes have occurred.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 31.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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