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Latitude: 54.9773 / 54°58'38"N
Longitude: -4.8301 / 4°49'48"W
OS Eastings: 218974
OS Northings: 568404
OS Grid: NX189684
Mapcode National: GBR 41.XJ47
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.S536
Entry Name: Quarter Farm,burnt mound 230m ENE of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4793
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 burnt mound, which may cover stone or timberstructures, of the prehistoric or medieval periods. It iscrescentic, with its open side facing an unnamed burn to the E, butwith the S lobe bigger than the N. It measures 8.8m N-S by 6mtransversely and 0.6m high. The area to be scheduled includes themound and an area around it within which traces of activityassociated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter,centred on the monument, 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 development of the prehistoric and medieval landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS - NX16NE 67
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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