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Multi-periodSite Name: Lochbrow Prehistoric Landscape
Country: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Dumfries  Nearest Village: Johnstonebridge
Map Ref: NY0942389153
Latitude: 55.188327N  Longitude: 3.424183W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Lochbrow Cursus
Lochbrow Cursus submitted by dodomad : What the Neolithic cursus monument at Lochbrow may have looked like. Image copyright Dr. Kirsty Millican (Vote or comment on this photo)
Nothing survives above ground at Lochbrow, near Johnstonebridge, Lockerbie to suggest the complex prehistoric landscape that has been hinted at by aerial photos.

Kirsty Millican writes: It is the kind of place most people would pass by without a second glance, an apparently empty field usually occupied only by cows, but the site of Lochbrow in Dumfries and Galloway is one of my favourite archaeological sites in Scotland. My name is Kirsty Millican and I am a Historic Land-Use Assessment (HLA) Officer at RCAHMS.

So why do I find such an apparently unremarkable location interesting? Because of the cropmarks of course! Cropmarks are formed by the differential growth of crops over buried archaeology, and are best recorded from the air. A scattering of such marks were first recorded at Lochbrow by an RCAHMS aerial survey in 1992, indicating the buried presence of pits and ditches. These features can be interpreted as a timber cursus monument (a long enclosure defined by timber posts usually dating to the Earlier Neolithic), at least one, if not two, timber circles (a monument form dating from the Later Neolithic into the Bronze Age) and several round barrows (later prehistoric monuments). This tells us that this apparently empty field was an important location for a long period of time, and was probably a hive of activity during the construction and use of these monuments.

Read more at RCAHMS Day of Archaeology and see our page for Lochbrow Cursus in the nearby sites list below for more photos.

For this specific location, Canmore records: Air photography has recorded the cropmarks of a pit-defined enclosure on a gravel terrace 250m NW of Lochbrow steading (NY08NE 42). It is slightly oval on plan, measuring about 60m in maximum diameter from ENE to WSW, and the pits are set between 2m and 3m apart.

It is thought to be a large large Neolithic ritual enclosure

Read more at Canmore.

Also in the area, as Kirsty described, there are thought to be various ring ditches / barrows, a cursus (see nearby sites list) and a two possible palisaded enclosure. For the full schedule of sites in this area try this search.

Note: Volunteers needed for survey at Lochbrow near Dumfries - the hidden archaeology of a prehistoric landscape - from Mon 24th Sept
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NY0989 : Benetthill Plantation by Richard Webb
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NY0988 : Annandale Way near Lochbrow by Jim Barton
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NY0989 : Tree lined road, Annandale by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
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NY0989 : A Narrow Country Road by wrobison
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NY0989 : Lochbrowmarch Cottage by Oliver Dixon
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 217m NNE 24° Lochbrow Cursus* Cursus (NY0951489350)
 832m SSW 201° Archwood Hill* Hillfort (NY0911488380)
 5.6km NNE 17° Skip Knowe* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NY1118094430)
 5.6km NW 324° Crunzierton Wood Scooped Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (NY0625093750)
 7.6km SSE 151° Chapel Well (Beckton) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NY12948243)
 7.7km NNE 17° Pumplaburn* Cairn (NY11869644)
 8.1km NNE 24° Wamphray Place* Misc. Earthwork (NY12829648)
 8.2km NNE 33° Kirkhill* Stone Circle (NY1397895929)
 8.2km NNE 25° St Cuthbert's Church (Wamphray)* Ancient Cross (NY1307096462)
 9.9km N 7° Chapman's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NY1078398986)
 10.9km N 4° Poldean menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT1037900011)
 11.0km NNW 330° Stiddrig* Cairn (NY04139877)
 12.5km NW 325° Lonnachie Rig Cairn (NY024995)
 12.9km E 92° Kirkslight Rig Stone Circle (NY223885)
 13.0km SSE 158° Our Lady's Well (St Mungo's Old Church) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NY1477)
 13.0km E 94° Whitcastles* Stone Circle (NY22408806)
 13.7km WSW 257° Clonfeckle Cairn (NX960863)
 13.7km WNW 286° Gulfhill Rig Cairn (NX963933)
 13.8km SE 137° Burnswark Hill Cairn* Cairn (NY18697883)
 13.8km ESE 117° Whiteholme Rig* Stone Circle (NY21718269)
 13.9km SE 138° Burnswark Hillfort* Hillfort (NY18607870)
 14.3km WSW 243° Kirkmahoe Cursus Cursus (NX96508286)
 14.7km N 355° Dyke Row* Stone Row / Alignment (NT0837503820)
 15.2km ENE 75° Castle O'er Fort* Hillfort (NY2419092850)
 15.3km ESE 110° Newhall Hill (Paddockhole)* Ancient Village or Settlement (NY23808372)
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Video Talk: Walking Lochbrow: Experiencing a landscape through the feet by Andy B on Saturday, 11 April 2020
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Walking Lochbrow: Experiencing a landscape through the feet - Kirsty Millican (Historic Environment Scotland)

Walking forms a key aspect of the practice of the Lochbrow Landscape Project, an archaeological survey project based in Dumfries and Galloway. Since 2010, the project has been investigating the landscape and setting of a cropmark prehistoric complex using a variety of non-destructive survey techniques. From the outset a number of different forms of walking have been employed, ranging from the intense back and forth of geophysical survey to repeated walking between recording points for experiential survey, directed walking around the monument complex when taking visitors around the site to wider landscape walking. In their own way, each form of walking has contributed to the way in which the sites and landscapes which form the focus of this project have come to be known and understood. This paper is a personal reflection on the intimate connection and evolving perspectives that this walking has had on the author and the resulting interpretations of Lochbrow. It is argued that different forms of walking produce differing relationships and types of knowing. This in turn influences the archaeological narratives we create, in effect creating an understanding at least partially formulated through the feet.

https://youtu.be/AKH-DCjMhEo

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Re: Lochbrow: searching for prehistory - Mon 24th to Thurs 27th September by Anonymous on Tuesday, 25 December 2018
Two physicians to the tsars at the the Russian court in St Petersburg were born at this farm, Matthew Halliday b 1732 and John Rogerson b 1741. The families were joint tenants and Matthew and John were likely cousins through their mothers.
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Lochbrow 2015 by Andy B on Thursday, 12 July 2018
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You can follow what happened at Lochbrow in 2015 on Twitter here

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Lochbrow2015&src=typd
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Re: Lochbrow: searching for prehistory - Mon 24th to Thurs 27th September by ianmac on Wednesday, 19 November 2014
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Can anyone tell me if the timber post remains in the deep water just one or two yards upstream of the farm bridge over the Annan at Lochbrow are likely to be remains of the settlement or remains from a previous bridge. regards ian
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Talk: Lochbrow: the hidden archaeology of a prehistoric landscape, Weds 26th Sept by Andy B on Tuesday, 04 September 2012
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Talk: Lochbrow: the hidden archaeology of a prehistoric landscape,
Weds 26th Sept, 7.30pm
at Lockerbie Town Hall

Come and hear about this hidden prehistoric gem and the work that’s
being done to understand it better. The talk will include the results of the survey that is being carried out earlier in the week.

See http://discoveringdgpast.wordpress.com
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Read more about Lochbrow at
http://lochbrowlandscapeproject.wordpress.com

Contact Giles Carey, at
[email protected] or 01387 702056
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Lochbrow: searching for prehistory - Mon 24th to Thurs 27th September by Andy B on Tuesday, 04 September 2012
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Nothing survives above ground at Lochbrow, near Johnstonebridge, Lockerbie to suggest the complex prehistoric landscape you are standing in.

Through geophysical survey, mapping buried archaeological deposits, why not help us to understand more about this area 5000 years ago?

The 2012 season will run from Monday 24th – Thursday 27th September 2012.

Our aims are to complete the survey in the field that we’ve been working in, which has a concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments. Since we know that a Roman temporary camp, palisaded homestead settlement and rectilinear enclosure have been recorded a short distance to the northeast of Lochbrow, on the opposite side of the River Annan, we are particularly interested in the the cropmarks of two palisaded enclosures and a ring-ditch that are less than 300m to the south of the site. We are excited to begin surveying that southern area this season. This area is archaeologically rich and our wider landscape-based project will enable the team to put the archaeological features in their wider context.

Places are limited, but we can offer accommodation and subsistence, transport to/from site, and possibly transport from your location to Lochbrow.
Volunteers will be needed throughout the week, please contact Giles if you would like to get involved. No experience necessary, just enthusiasm!
Booking essential.

Contact: Giles Carey, Discovering Dumfries and Galloway's Past.
[email protected] or 01387 702056
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