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Latitude: 54.9836 / 54°59'0"N
Longitude: -4.8685 / 4°52'6"W
OS Eastings: 216552
OS Northings: 569203
OS Grid: NX165692
Mapcode National: GBR 40.X19N
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.5ZYX
Entry Name: Craigbirnoch,burnt mound 640m NW of
Scheduled Date: 18 December 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4926
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. Situated on the edge of a shallow gully 200m W of the Altigoukie Burn, it measures 6.5m NE-SW by 4.5m transversely and 0.5m high. 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 mound, 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 or medieval settlement in the area. It is of greater 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 our knowledge of the organisation of the prehistoric and medieval landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 57.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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