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Latitude: 54.94 / 54°56'23"N
Longitude: -4.8789 / 4°52'43"W
OS Eastings: 215685
OS Northings: 564382
OS Grid: NX156643
Mapcode National: GBR GHBN.7Y8
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.1308
Entry Name: Little Larg,burnt mound 1850m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5048
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 lies on a burn on the E side of Inchbread Hill 20m NW of the march dyke with Mains of Larg. It is crescentic in plan, 9.5m by 7m and 0.2m to 0.4m high with its hollow on the SE facing the burn.
The area proposed for scheduling is a 20m radius circle centred on the hollow and including the mound and the immediately adjacent area, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as one of a small group of burnt mounds which are so far unstudied but should contain information, accessible through excavation, regarding the function of such sites and their association with other elements of contemporary agricultural settlement.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 SE 80.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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