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Latitude: 54.9656 / 54°57'56"N
Longitude: -4.8863 / 4°53'10"W
OS Eastings: 215328
OS Northings: 567257
OS Grid: NX153672
Mapcode National: GBR GH9L.BJN
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.XGC3
Entry Name: Little Larg,sheiling 1400m NW of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5055
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: shieling
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The remains of a turf shieling, roughly 4m by 3m are situated 50m SE of the public road on the NW slope of Brown Hill 20m NE of the old dyke.
The area proposed for scheduling is a 50m square with its S corner at the change of dyke line and the SW side following the dyke.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as part of a group which may be associated with nearby agricultural and other remains, including dated burnt mounds. It could afford, through excavation, important evidence towards an archaeological understanding of the medieval landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 36.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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