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Latitude: 55.6496 / 55°38'58"N
Longitude: -3.5125 / 3°30'45"W
OS Eastings: 304914
OS Northings: 640595
OS Grid: NT049405
Mapcode National: GBR 33X3.BM
Mapcode Global: WH5SW.08N9
Entry Name: Ewe Hill,barrows 750m NE of Biggarshiels Farm
Scheduled Date: 6 March 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4645
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Biggar
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Clydesdale East
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
On the W summit of Ewe Hill, below a more recent cairn, is a low barrow formed of earth and small stones. The barrow, which is 8.5m in diameter and no more than 0.4m high, is a prehistoric burial mound, probably of Bronze Age date. A second barrow, 5m in diameter and 0.3m high, lies 25m to the NNE. The area to be scheduled is a rectangle, 50m N-S by 30m E-W.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monuments are two good examples of small Bronze Age burial barrows, and are of national importance for the information they contain regarding prehistoric funerary practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NT04SW 18.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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