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Latitude: 55.0204 / 55°1'13"N
Longitude: -4.8516 / 4°51'5"W
OS Eastings: 217800
OS Northings: 573255
OS Grid: NX178732
Mapcode National: GBR 40.TZ1M
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.F2YM
Entry Name: Marklach,field clearance cairns 850m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4844
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field clearance cairn, cairnfield
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument consists of at least 12 field clearance cairns between which may survive the remains of timber structures of the later neolithic or Bronze Age. The cairns are up to 7m in diameter, 1m high, and are made of small stones. There are also modern clearance cairns made of larger stones in the same area. The area to be scheduled includes the cairns and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It is a rectangle measuring 150m NE-SW by 100m transversely, immediately to the NE of the northeasternmost point of the sheepfolds, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as prehistoric field clearance cairns which have the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of prehistoric settlement and agriculture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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