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Barncorkrie is a post-medieval farmstead situated 350 metres north-north-west of its designated location point in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland. The steading occupies ground underlain by a Late Silurian to Early Devonian mafic igneous intrusion, part of the geological fabric that characterises this region of the Southern Uplands. The robust character of such igneous bedrock would have influenced both the availability of building stone and the drainage properties of the land.
Post-medieval farmsteads like Barncorkrie represent the agricultural settlements that developed across rural Scotland from the sixteenth century onwards, when improved farming practices and more stable tenure arrangements encouraged the establishment of permanent homestead complexes. The location's geology would have directly shaped its settlement pattern, with local stone readily available for construction and the underlying bedrock affecting the practicality of working the surrounding fields.
Barncorkrie is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM4733, reflecting its importance to understanding the post-medieval settlement and land use of Wigtownshire. Such farmsteads provide material evidence of how communities adapted to their local landscape and resources, and how the Scottish countryside was organised and worked in the early modern period.
Barncorkrie,farmstead 350m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4733. View the official record →
Barncorkrie is a post-medieval farmstead situated 350 metres north-north-west of its designated location point in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland.
Barncorkrie,farmstead 350m NNW of dates from the post-medieval period, and is classified as a farmstead. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Barncorkrie,farmstead 350m NNW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM4733.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barncorkrie,farmstead 450m NE of (0.4 km), Dun and fort, Crammag Head (2.1 km), Dunman,fort,Slock Mill (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Barncorkrie,farmstead 350m NNW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barncorkrie,farmstead 350m NNW of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.