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Latitude: 54.9786 / 54°58'43"N
Longitude: -4.8784 / 4°52'42"W
OS Eastings: 215895
OS Northings: 568682
OS Grid: NX158686
Mapcode National: GBR GHBK.26F
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.1474
Entry Name: Kilfeddar, burnt mound 640m NE of
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7476
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 on the NW side of a shallow gully in rough pasture, at around 145m OD. It comprises a mound of burnt stones measuring about 7.5m NE-SW by about 6.5m transversely by 0.7m in maximum height. The hollow is about 3m broad and its open end faces SE. Traces of the mound extend to the NE, around the top of a shallow U-shaped depression, to a smaller mound which measures about 4m NE-SW by 3m transversely by up to 0.4m 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 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 circular with a diameter of 35m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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