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Latitude: 54.9411 / 54°56'27"N
Longitude: -4.8309 / 4°49'51"W
OS Eastings: 218765
OS Northings: 564383
OS Grid: NX187643
Mapcode National: GBR 41.ZXLF
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.R2SD
Entry Name: Balneil,field system 1000m NE of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5032
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument consists of a number of field clearance cairns, between which may survive the remains of timber structures, of the neolithic or Bronze Age. The cairns measure up to 5m in diameter and 0.6m high. The area to be scheduled includes the cairns and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with theiruse may be found. It measures 150m WNW-ESE by 100m transversely, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a filed system of the Neolithic or Bronze Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement and agriculture. It is of particular importance because of the survival of a number of similar sites in the area; the study of this group has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the development and organisation of the prehistoric landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 SE 125
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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