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Latitude: 54.9826 / 54°58'57"N
Longitude: -4.8625 / 4°51'44"W
OS Eastings: 216931
OS Northings: 569077
OS Grid: NX169690
Mapcode National: GBR 40.X8MW
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.81S4
Entry Name: Craigbirnoch,enclosure 220m NW of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5045
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is an enclosure of the later Bronze Age or Iron Age situated on a low knoll to the NW of Craigbirnoch. It measures 8.5m NE-SW overall by 8m transversely and consists of a low stony bank, 0.3m high and 2m thick with an entrance to the SE. To the N is a stony mound 2.3m in diameter and 0.3m high.
The area to be scheduled includes the enclosure, the stony mound, and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter, centred on the enclosure, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a prehistoric enclosure which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 92.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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