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Latitude: 54.9368 / 54°56'12"N
Longitude: -4.8345 / 4°50'4"W
OS Eastings: 218511
OS Northings: 563914
OS Grid: NX185639
Mapcode National: GBR GHFN.Q7P
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.Q51Q
Entry Name: Balneil,burnt mound 650m E of
Scheduled Date: 18 December 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4891
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 timber or stonestructures, of the prehistoric or medieval periods. Situated at thebottom of the steep W flank of a knoll, it is penannular, openingonto a gully to the NW. It measures 12.5m NE-SW by 8.5m transverselyand 0.6m high. On the SW the mound is overlain by a small penannularbank 3.6m in diameter overall, 1.3m thick and 0.3m high. This may bea smaller later burnt mound. The area to be scheduled includes theburnt mound and an area around it within which traces of activityassociated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter,centred on the mound, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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