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The remains of two farmsteads, field banks and cairns, perhaps dating to 16th-18th century are located on the hillslope above the present Upper Tillygarmond farm. Farmstead A at NO6300 9408 consists of two structures, one small and one large on either side of a small yard. Larger building measures circa 17m x 5.5m and is two-compartmented. There are traces of doors into both compartments from the east, one of which has two large squared boulders forming door jambs. The second building lying to the east of the larger, and parallel to it, measures 7m x 4.5m and is formed of turf-covered stone banks circa 1.5m high. A length of field bank joins the northwest corner of this structure. Farmstead B lies at NO6303 9404, circa 50m southeast of A. It consists of three possible structures round three sides of a small yard. The largest structure on the west side of the yard is 10.5m x 6m and is slightly built on a terrace. The second structure to the northeast of the first is 7m x 4m with walls containing some large natural boulders. The interior has some recent field clearance dumped in it. The third structure is less well-preserved and is formed by lengths of curvilinear field banks. A number of irregular, sub-circular mounds are located nearby which may represent stack bases rather than cairns. In February 1999 a field investigation was undertaken to assess the impact of bracken infestation on the archaeology. This was done through the digging of fourteen test pits which revealed some of the structures and yielded a fragment of 19th/20th century glass from the robbed out cairn and a medieval copper alloy buckle from structure H.
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