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Latitude: 54.9254 / 54°55'31"N
Longitude: -4.9033 / 4°54'11"W
OS Eastings: 214053
OS Northings: 562825
OS Grid: NX140628
Mapcode National: GBR GH8P.GRS
Mapcode Global: WH2S8.NG9H
Entry Name: Pinwherrie Farm, burnt mound 760m NNE of, beside Coburn Burn
Scheduled Date: 7 December 1998
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7505
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises a burnt mound of prehistoric or early Medieval date, visible as an upstanding mound.
The monument lies in rough pasture at around 130m OD. The mound is D-shaped and measures about 4.5m NNE-SSW along the straight side by 4m transversely by about 0.6m in height. 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 remains. Burnt mounds have been dated to two main eras: the Bronze Age and the early Medieval period.
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 maximum diameter of 30m, bounded on the W by the Coburn Burn and on the ENE by a fence, which is itself excluded from scheduling, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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