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Latitude: 55.0067 / 55°0'23"N
Longitude: -4.8494 / 4°50'57"W
OS Eastings: 217873
OS Northings: 571723
OS Grid: NX178717
Mapcode National: GBR 40.VRNF
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.GFZ5
Entry Name: Dirniemow,burnt mound 900m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 18 February 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4972
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a burnt mound, which may cover stone or timber structures, of the prehistoric or medieval periods. Situated to the N of the Tryock Burn, it is crescentic and measures 5.3m E-W by 3.5m transversely and 0.4m high. Its open side faces S onto a dry stream bed to the N of the present burn course. The area to be scheduled includes the burnt mound and an area around it within which traces of activity associated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter, centred on the monument, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a prehistoric or medieval burnt mound which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric or medieval settlement in the area. It is particularly important because of the survival of a number of other burnt mounds in the area; the study of this group has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the organisation of the prehistoric and medieval landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 17 SE 79.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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