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Latitude: 54.9622 / 54°57'43"N
Longitude: -4.8406 / 4°50'26"W
OS Eastings: 218238
OS Northings: 566756
OS Grid: NX182667
Mapcode National: GBR 41.YFPH
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.MJ5R
Entry Name: Knockiebae,burnt mound 880m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4870
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. Situated onthe W side of the burn in the Glen of the Dubloch, it is crescenticand measures 13m N-S by 7.9m transversely and up to 0.8m high. Theopen side faces E. The area to be scheduled includes the burnt moundand an area around it within which traces of activity associatedwith its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter, centred onthe monument, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well-preserved example of a 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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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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