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Barsolus, palisaded enclosures 490m north of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8732 / 54°52'23"N

Longitude: -4.9568 / 4°57'24"W

OS Eastings: 210383

OS Northings: 557160

OS Grid: NX103571

Mapcode National: GBR GH4T.VMF

Mapcode Global: WH2SF.TST1

Entry Name: Barsolus, palisaded enclosures 490m N of

Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7440

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: palisaded settlement

Location: Inch

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument comprises two palisaded settlements of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.

The monument lies in arable farmland at around 15m OD. There is a circular ditched enclosure measuring about 55m in diameter, with the ditch about 1m wide. Some 70m to the E of this there is a second circular ditched enclosure, measuring about 30m in diameter, with the ditch about 1m wide; its SE half is not visible.

A palisade is a timber fence of closely spaced posts set into a continuous narrow trench. Enclosed settlements such as this are characteristic of the first half of the first millennium BC.

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 divided into two areas of unequal size. The area to the W is circular with a diameter of 80m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract. The area to the E is circular with a diameter of 50m, 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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