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Latitude: 54.9857 / 54°59'8"N
Longitude: -4.8397 / 4°50'22"W
OS Eastings: 218404
OS Northings: 569364
OS Grid: NX184693
Mapcode National: GBR 41.X1XN
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.MYM9
Entry Name: Quarter Farm,burnt mound 1050m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 18 February 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4973
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 of the prehistoric or medieval periods, which possibly covers stone or timber structures. It is crescentic with the hollow of the crescent facing towards an unnamed burn. It measures 11.5m NE-SW by 10m transversely, and 0.7m high. The area to be scheduled encloses 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 greatly enhance our understanding of prehistoric or medieval settlement in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 76.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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