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Latitude: 54.9665 / 54°57'59"N
Longitude: -4.87 / 4°52'12"W
OS Eastings: 216375
OS Northings: 567307
OS Grid: NX163673
Mapcode National: GBR 40.Y6XR
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.5F6H
Entry Name: Barlure, burnt mound 810m NW of
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7484
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 at around 110m OD. The mound is irregular in shape, measuring about 7m N-S by a maximum of about 3.5m transversely by about 0.3m in height. There is a small hollow in the N end of the mound, measuring about 2m across the mouth by 1.5m transversely, which opens into a burn. 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 NW by the edge of a burn, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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