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Quarter Farm,field system 950m south east of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9696 / 54°58'10"N

Longitude: -4.8254 / 4°49'31"W

OS Eastings: 219245

OS Northings: 567544

OS Grid: NX192675

Mapcode National: GBR 41.Y56S

Mapcode Global: WH2S3.VCC1

Entry Name: Quarter Farm,field system 950m SE of

Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4886

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system

Location: New Luce

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument is a field system, within which the remains of timber structures may be found, of the late neolithic or Bronze Age. Situated on the SW flank of Closs Hill, it comprises a large field, the remains of other fields, a small enclosure, and field clearance cairns. The large field, situated to the S and W of a modern sheepfold, encloses a small, oval enclosure measuring 9m E-W by 5mtransversely.

Traces of other fields lead off from the main field.To the NE of the sheepfold is a scatter of about fifteen field clearance cairns. The area to be scheduled includes the fields,the small enclosure, the clearance cairns, and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may befound. It measures 300m E-W by 200m transversely, excluding the above-ground portions of the modern sheepfold, as marked in red onthe attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a field system of the late Neolithic or Bronze Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement and agriculture in the area. It is of particular importance because of the survival of a number of similar monuments in the vicinity; the study of this group has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the development and organisation of the prehistoric landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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