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Latitude: 54.9791 / 54°58'44"N
Longitude: -4.8283 / 4°49'41"W
OS Eastings: 219102
OS Northings: 568604
OS Grid: NX191686
Mapcode National: GBR 41.XJJR
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.T30S
Entry Name: Quarter Farm,burnt mound 530m NE of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4813
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 timber structures, of the prehistoric or medieval periods. The mound is barely visible on the surface because it is deeply buried in peat at the bottom of a steep scarp forming the E side of the gully of an unnamed burn. It measures at least 6.5m by 3m. The area to be scheduled includes the mound and an area around it within which traces of activity associated 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 burnt mound which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric and 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 records the monument as NX 16 NE 72.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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