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Latitude: 55.6757 / 55°40'32"N
Longitude: -3.8655 / 3°51'55"W
OS Eastings: 282781
OS Northings: 644044
OS Grid: NS827440
Mapcode National: GBR 12FT.X7
Mapcode Global: WH4RC.LLHS
Entry Name: Blackhill,barrow 80m W of, Crossford
Scheduled Date: 6 July 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4529
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Lesmahagow
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale South
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
The monument consists of an earthen burial mound, or barrow, 26m in diameter and 1.7m high. The area to be scheduled is circular, 40m in diameter, concentric with the barrow, as delineated in red on the attached plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a good example of a substantial circular barrow, the archaeological nature of which has been demonstrated by limited antiquarian trenching.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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