Glencartholm Explained

Glencartholm is a location in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland, along the River Esk.^[1]

The Glencartholm Volcanic Beds^[2] contain a Palaeozoic (specifically Carboniferous^[1]) fossil fish site of international importance. Discovered in 1879, most of the fossils were removed during the 1930s, but in the 1990s a further site east, named Mumbie, was excavated. This led to the identification of further fish beds, where over 200 specimens of ray-finned fish were collected, including one possible new species^[3]

There is also a farmhouse known as Glencartholm, or Glencartholm Farmhouse, which is a listed building^[4] in the parish of Canonbie, not far from the border with England,^[5] and near Glencartholm Wood. The farm has an inscription celebrating the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glencartholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK. . 24 February 2022.
2. Schram . Frederick R. . Lower Carboniferous biota of Glencartholm, Eskdale, Dumfriesshire . Scottish Journal of Geology . 19 . 1 . 1 March 1983 . 0036-9276 . 10.1144/sjg19010001 . 1–15 . 129230047 . 24 February 2022.
3. Wood . Margaret . Glencartholm revisited: Describing for the first time Stan Wood's discovery and excavation of Mumbie Quarry, adjacent to the important Palaeozoic fossil site of Glencartholm . Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . 108 . 1 . 3 August 2018 . 1755-6910 . 10.1017/S175569101800018X . 47–54 . 134352553 . 24 February 2022.
4. Web site: Glencartholm . Canmore . 9 September 2011 . 24 February 2022.
5. Web site: Glencartholm Farmhouse (LB3505) . . 1 July 1948 . 24 February 2022.
6. Web site: Knox . Joanne . Historic dairy farm with 63.99 acres open to offers over £650,000 . Farming Life . 1 November 2021 . 24 February 2022.