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Latitude: 54.9405 / 54°56'25"N
Longitude: -4.8929 / 4°53'34"W
OS Eastings: 214787
OS Northings: 564477
OS Grid: NX147644
Mapcode National: GBR GH9N.7HW
Mapcode Global: WH2S8.T26W
Entry Name: Little Larg,burnt mound 2150m SW of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5050
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
This burnt mound, 5.5m by 4.2m and 0.6m high, is situated on the E side of a boggy stream bed 200m SW of Auchie farmstead. It is over- ridden by an old field bank.
The area proposed for scheduling is a 20m radius circle centred on the mound, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance for the evidence it offers, through excavation, for the function and date of such sites, and their relationship to other elements of contemporary agricultural settlement. The stratigraphic association with an apparently Medieval field boundary and the near proximity of burnt mounds dated to the earlier Medieval period add to the importance of this monument.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 SW 77.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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