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Latitude: 54.9612 / 54°57'40"N
Longitude: -4.8807 / 4°52'50"W
OS Eastings: 215665
OS Northings: 566751
OS Grid: NX156667
Mapcode National: GBR GHBL.M3B
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.0K4J
Entry Name: Little Larg,burnt mound 800m NW of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5037
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
This burnt mound is oval, 6.5m by 4.7m amd up to 0.6m high. It stands on the W side of a boggy stream bed 45m NW of Brown Hill Plantation. The area proposed for scheduling is a 20m square centred on the mound with the SE side parallel to the plantation fence.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance for the evidence it could contribute, through excavation, to the understanding of the function of burnt mounds and their association with other monuments. As one of a large group of burnt mounds, in an area where such monuments have been dated to both the Bronze Age and Medieval period, it offers the possibility of comparison with other sites. Finally, it is a good field monument, showing typical features of the monument category in a representative location.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 53.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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