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Latitude: 54.8717 / 54°52'17"N
Longitude: -4.9519 / 4°57'6"W
OS Eastings: 210688
OS Northings: 556979
OS Grid: NX106569
Mapcode National: GBR GH4T.Y8H
Mapcode Global: WH2SF.XT36
Entry Name: Barsolus Cottage, enclosure 150m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7412
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises an enclosure of prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 15m OD. It comprises a sub-rectangular ditched enclosure, measuring about 9m N-S by 6m transversely, within a ditch about 1m wide. It may represent the foundation trench of a rectangular timber building.
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 30m, 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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