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Latitude: 54.6839 / 54°41'2"N
Longitude: -4.9523 / 4°57'8"W
OS Eastings: 209781
OS Northings: 536097
OS Grid: NX097360
Mapcode National: GBR GJ4B.B95
Mapcode Global: WH2TD.WJXL
Entry Name: Barncorkrie,farmstead 450m NE of
Scheduled Date: 19 March 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4732
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: farmstead
Location: Kirkmaiden
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a pre-improvement farmstead situated on a ridge inthe gully known as Balloch to the NE of Barncorkrie. It consists ofa single rectangular building of three compartments, measuring 18.5mNNE-SSW by 4m within a wall 0.7m thick and 0.3m high. To the E aretwo partially enclosed terraces containing traces of rig-and-furrowcultivation. The area to be scheduled includes the farmstead and anarea around it within which traces of activity associated with itsuse may be found. It measures 60m NNE-SSW by 30m transversely, asmarked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a pre-improvement farmstead which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of medieval and later settlement in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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