Building record MAB3180 - BERRY BURN

The farmstead of Berryburn is depicted on the OS map of 1846 as a roughly rectangular steading with a central open court.

The farmstead of Berryburn is depicted on the OS map of 1846 as a roughly rectangular steading with a central open court. A horse mill lies against the east wall. Two other buildings lie to the north and northwest. By 1888 the farmstead has been altered to an L-shape with an attached enclosure to the northwest. The building to the northwest has now gone. Today a later building stands in the courtyard area. The house to the north is still roofed but the barn is thought to be gutted. The remains of the circular raised horse-gang lies to the east of the barn and to the southeast are at least two rows of stack-stands. The remains were recorded by CFA in 2012 during walkover surveys in connection with proposed windfarm access. Field survey also identified number of features associated with the farmstead: a partially turf-covered low pile of stones at NJ 0597145282, measuring 2m by 1.5m by 0.2m, thought to represent modern field clearance, what may be the remains of a tumbled field wall at NJ 05919 45256: a fragment of old trackway/holloway at NJ 05932 45299 defined by parallel stoney turf-covered banks set 2.5-3m apart, probably part of the original track to the farm, and two cast-iron decorative gate/fence posts at NJ 0575245305, measuring 1.2m in height and set 2.5m apart.

ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No23(1874) 67 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2012, BERRY BURN ACCESS ROUTE WALKOVER SURVEY: DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Walkover report (Bibliographic reference). SAB6595.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2012, BERRY BURN HILL TRACK UPGRADE WALKOVER SURVEY: DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Walkover report (Bibliographic reference). SAB5429.

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Jul 30 2020 10:27AM