Wigtownshire 1912

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wigtown-1912/02-001 [Crown] The Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland [notes] 423 Annexe RT A1.1 INV (4)
wigtown-1912/02-002 [notes] TT Library Copy [stamp] THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON ANCIENT MONUMENTS SCOTLAND
wigtown-1912/02-003 [notes] G. P. H. Watson THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF SCOTLAND FOURTH REPORT AND INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN GALLOWAY VOL. I. COUNTY OF WIGTOWN [CREST] LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from OLIVER & BOYD, Tweeddale Court, Edinburgh; or WYMAN & SONS, Ltd., Fetter Lane, E.C.; or E. PONSONBY, Ltd., 116 Grafton Street, Dublin; or from the Agencies in the British Colonies and Dependencies, the United States of America, the Continent of Europe and Abroad of T. FISHER UNWIN, London, W.C. Printed by NEILL & CO., Ltd., Edinburgh 1912. Price Six Shillings and Sixpence.
wigtown-1912/02-004 CONTENTS. Page Fourth Rerport -- iii List of Ancient and Historical Monuments and Con- structions in the County of Wigtown which the Commissioners Deem Most Worthy of Preservation -- vii List of Ground Plans and Illustrations -- xi List of Parishes -- xiv Bibliography -- xiv Introduction to Inventory of Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in the County of Wigtown -- xvii Inventory -- 1 Map of the County of Wigtown, Indicating the Position of Monuments, Etc., by Numbers referable to the Inventory -- at end
wigtown-1912/02-005 FOURTH REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND To the King's Most Excellent Majesty. May If Please Your Majesty, -- We, your Majesty's Commissioners, appointed to make an Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Construc- tions connected with or illustrative of the contemporary culture, civilisation, and conditions of life of the people in Scotland from the earliest times to the year 1707, and to specify those which see most worthy of preservation, humbly present to your Majesty this our fourth Report. During the summer and autumn of 1911, Mr A. O. Curle, Secretary to the Commission, undertook a survey and examination of the monuments and constructions in Galloway, which embraces the County of Wigtown and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and it is proposed to issue an Inventory thereof in two volumes. The first volume is now completed, and contains an Inventory of the monu- ments and constructions in the County of Wigtown, giving the situation and characteristics of each monument, with its biblio- graphy, a reference to the Ordnance Survey sheet (6-inch scale) on which the object is noted, and the date on which it was visited. The text is illustrated with numerous photographs and ground plans, and there has been added a map on which the positions of the various monuments and constructions, or groups thereof, are indicated by numbers referable to the Inventory. An appendix to this Report contains a list of those monuments in the said County which, in the opinion of your Commissioners, seem most worthy of preservation. As in former Reports, they have been divided into two classes, viz.: (a) those which appear to be specially in need of protection, and (b) Wt. 15537/188. --500. --9/12. --N. & Co., Ltd. --Gp. II. Sch. B.
wigtown-1912/02-006 iv. HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. those worthy of preservation but not in imminent risk of demolition or decay. The Inventory has been published by the Stationery Office, and the similar volume for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright will follow when ready. As in the other counties previously visited by the Commission, proprietors of estates and their tenants have readily afforded facilities to inspect the monuments situated on their lands, while considerable assistance has been rendered by the parish ministers and school- masters, as well as by other residents holding no official position. Your Commissioners are again greatly indebted to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland for placing at their disposal a number of illustrations of sculptured stones. We desire also to acknowledge the help received from Dr Joseph Anderson, Assistant Secretary of archaeological matters has been constantly at our service. Your Commissioners desire again to draw attention to the damage that is being done the prehistoric monuments, and more especially cairns, by the removal of the stones of which they are composed for road metal. Though these acts are deprecated by the proprietors and the county authorities, their occurrence comes annually under the notice of the Commission. The number of cairns in the County of Wigtown now reduced almost to the foundation is very great. A practice also to be deplored is that of utilising sites of monuments, not under cultivation, for the disposal of pebbles and boulders gathered from the fields, thus obliterating the features of the original construction. From time to time your Commissioners continue to have their attention drawn to the threatened interference with ancient structures, and our advice is sought in regard to contemplated alterations; but though such work does not actually fall within the scopep of the Commission, we have felt it desirable in the public interest to render assistance where possible. The survey of the ancient buildings within the City of Edinburgh is being proceeded with, and a number of residents well versed in classes of objects to be overtaken by the survey have agreed to become members of the a committee formed to assist the Commission with their expert knowledge. As soon as the survey of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright has been completed, it is intended to proceed with the Inventory for the County of Dumfries. Your Commissioners note with pleasure an increasing desire on the part of proprietors owning monuments of historical or antiquarian interest to place them under the care of your Majesty's Office of Works, and they feel assured that the appointment of the Commission, and the interest it is stimulating throughout the country, have tended not a little to this desirable end. In conclusion, your Commissioners desire humbly to bring to your Majesty's notice the nature and quality of the work undertaken and most effectively transacted by Mr A. O. Curle, whereby their own duties have been very materially lightened. Very far from confining himself to the functions usually assigned to the Secretary of a Commission, Mr Curle, ever since his appointment in 1908, has devoted his whole time during more than half of each year to
wigtown-1912/02-007 INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF WIGTOWN. -- V personal inspection of every object contained in the inventories of the counties reported on. Moreover, your Commissions submit that Mr Curle's special qualifications as a trained archaeologist impart to their reports a degree of scientific accuracy which it would be difficult, if not impossible, to attain through any less trustworthy agency. HERBERT MAXWELL, Chairman. CHARLES J. GUTHRIE. G. BALDWIN BROWN. THOMAS H. BRYCE. FRANCIS C. BUCHANAN. W. T. OLDRIEVE. THOMAS ROSS. ALEXr. O. CURLE, Secretary. Edinburgh, July 1912.
wigtown-1912/02-008 LIST OF ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF WIGTOWN WHICH THE COMMISSIONERS DEED MOST WORTHY OF PRESERVATION. I. -- MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS SPECIFICALLY IN NEED OF PROTECTION Ecclesiastical Structures. -- Parish. St Medan's Cave and Chapel (No. 135) -- Kirkmaiden. Glenluce Abbey (No. 296) -- Old Luce. Portpatrick Church (No. 411) -- Portpatrick. Castellated and Domestic Structures. Coisewall Castle (No. 70) -- Kirkcolm. Baldoon Castle Gateway (No. 117) -- Kirkinner. Galdenoch Castle (No. 173) -- Leswalt. Castle of Park, formerly Park Hay (No. 300) -- Old Luce. Carscreugh Castle (No. 302) -- Old Luce. Dunskey Castle (No. 412) -- Portpatrick. Sorbie Tower (No. 421) -- Sorbie. Stranraer Castle (No. 461) -- Stranraer. Mote. Mote of Boreland (No. 96) -- Kirkcowan. Forts. Ring Hill, North Balfern (No. 118) -- Kirkinner. "Doon of May," May (vitrified fort, No. 187) -- Mochrum. Upper Galdenoch or Cruise Fell (No. 244) -- New Luce. Cairn Pat or Piot (No. 413) -- Portpatrick. Torhousekie (No. 527) -- Wigtown. Cairns. "Cairn Macneilie," High Inch Parks (No. 36) -- Inch. Milton of Larg (No. 37) -- Inch. New Luce Station, near (No. 38) -- Inch. "Lingdowie Cairns," Lingdowie Burn (Nos. 40 and 41) -- Inch. Cairnerzean Fell (No. 43) -- Inch. "Auld Wife's Grave," Cairnscarrow (Megalithic Chamber with cist, No. 46) -- Inch.
wigtown-1912/02-009 viii -- HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION. Cairns (continued). -- Parish "Brochloch Cairn," Cairn Hill, Penwhirn Burn (No. 45) -- Inch. Garheugh (No. 213) -- Mochrum. "Cairn Buy," Garheugh (No. 215) -- Mochrum. Eldrig (No. 219) -- Mochrum. Brae (No. 222) -- Mochrum. Mid-Gleniron (Nos. 260 and 262) -- New Luce. Mid-Gleniron (long cairns, Nos. 261 and 263) --- New Luce. "Cairn Kenny," High Murdonochee (No. 271) -- New Luce. Cross Water of Luce (No. 276) -- New Luce. Barlure (No. 277) -- New Luce. "Cairn na Gath," Balmurrie Fell (No. 281) -- New Luce. Culquhasen (No. 344) -- Old Luce. High Gillespie (long cairn, No. 346) -- Old Luce. Craignarget (No. 347) -- Old Luce. Ballach a Heathry (No. 349) -- Old Luce. Carscreugh Fell (No. 350) -- Old Luce. Airyhemming (No. 355) -- Old Luce. Penninghame, near (No. 392) -- Penninghame. Bargrennan (No. 396) -- Penninghame. West Ringuinea (No. 436) -- Stoneykirk. Cairn House (No. 529) -- Wigtown. Cairn House, near (No. 530) -- Wigtown. Stone Circle Torhousekie (No. 531) -- Wigtown. Sculptured Crosses. Kirkmaiden Church (No. 2) -- Glasserton. Kirkinner Churchyard (No. 124) -- Kirkinner. Wigtown Churchyard (cross-shaft, No. 526) -- Wigtown Miscellaneous. "Wells of the Rees," Kilgallioch (No. 114) -- New Luce. II. -- MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS DESERVING PROTEC- TION BUT NOT IN IMMINENT RISK OF DEMOLITION OR DECAY. Ecclesiastical Structures. -- Parish. Kirkmaiden (No. 2) -- Glasserton. Cruggleton Church (No. 419) -- Sorbie. Castellated and Domestic Structures. Castle Kennedy (No. 26) -- Inch. Craigcaffie Tower (No. 27) -- Inch. Myrton Castle (No. 186) -- Mochrum. Castle Wigg (No. 494) -- Whithorn. Brochs. Teroy, Craigcaffie (No. 28) -- Inch. Stairhaven (supposed broch, No. 310) -- Old Luce. "Doon Castle," Ardwell (supposed broch, No. 433) -- Stoneykirk.