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Latitude: 54.9337 / 54°56'1"N
Longitude: -4.8186 / 4°49'7"W
OS Eastings: 219516
OS Northings: 563525
OS Grid: NX195635
Mapcode National: GBR GHGN.ZGK
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.Y8L3
Entry Name: Hardcroft,burnt mound 1500m SE of
Scheduled Date: 18 December 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4938
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 large burnt mound, which may cover timber or stone structures, of the prehistoric or medieval periods. Situated on theN side of a burn at the SW end of White Hill, it measures 14m NE-SWby 9m. Probably once penannular, its NW side is obscured by a derelict field-dyke, and it now appears as two mounds, the larger, to the SW, up to 0.8m high.
The area to be scheduled includes the 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 mound but excluding the area to the SE of the burn,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 of particular importance because of the survival of a number of other burnt mounds in the vicinity; 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 16 SE 110.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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