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Latitude: 54.9195 / 54°55'10"N
Longitude: -4.826 / 4°49'33"W
OS Eastings: 218981
OS Northings: 561962
OS Grid: NX189619
Mapcode National: GBR GHGP.VL1
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.VM31
Entry Name: Mid Gleniron,burnt mound 730m N of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5038
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
This burnt mound is situated on the WNW side of a boggy hollow 190m NNE of a hut circle and 250m WSW of the building at Mirren's Croft. It measures about 13m by 7.5m and there are two hollows in its ESE side the N of which has two upright slabs set parallel to each other at its inner end.
Between the two hollows the height of the mound is about 0.7m but elsewhere it is no more than 0.4m. The proposed area for scheduling extends 20m NNE SSW and 15m WNW ESE with the centre point being the two upright slabs. This will preserve any traces of structure associated with the mound.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The site is of national importance because it is one of a category of monuments which have the potential to enhance our understanding of prehistoric and early historic settlement patterns, and through excavation our knowledge of past land-use and economic patterns. Additionally, this is a particularly good example of the burnt mound as field monument, showing its classic form and features.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 SE 86.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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