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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
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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