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Marklach, burnt mound 300m west of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.0122 / 55°0'44"N

Longitude: -4.8594 / 4°51'33"W

OS Eastings: 217262

OS Northings: 572371

OS Grid: NX172723

Mapcode National: GBR 40.V9CV

Mapcode Global: WH2RX.B87W

Entry Name: Marklach, burnt mound 300m W of

Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM6945

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

Description

The monument comprises a burnt mound of prehistoric date, visible as an upstanding mound.

The monument lies in rough pasture beside a burn at around 190m OD. The mound measures about 10m NW-SE by 8.5m transversely by about 0.4m in height. A sheep rub has revealed a scatter of burnt stones on the SW edge of the mound. A burnt mound represents the waste from a cooking technique whereby heated stones are placed into a tank of water to bring the water to the boil, resulting in the burning and shattering of the stones. There are usually associated hearths, shelters and other debris.

The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is a truncated circle with a diameter of 30m, bounded on the SW by the edge of a burn, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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