Description

This burnt mound is on the NE slope of Craigengale 100m WSW of Auld Taggart and 300m SW of the excavated burnt mounds at Auld Taggart. It is medium sized and clearly crescentic 11.8m by 9m and up to 0.9m high. The open side faces a dry gully on the WNW at the top of a slope overlooking the Lingdowey Burn.

The area proposed for scheduling is a 20m radius circle centred on the hollow of the mound to include the likely trough location, the mound material and any evidence for related ephemeral structures, as marked in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

This monument is of national importance as a fine field example of a medium-sized burnt mound of classic kidney-shaped form. It is additionally of importance as one of a group of such mounds which have been dated to both the Medieval period and the Bronze Age, and offers the opportunity for retrieving, by excavation, information concerning its construction and use and also concerning land-use and agricultural economy in the period immediately preceding its foundation.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 52.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland