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Mark, enclosed settlement east of

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8791 / 54°52'44"N

Longitude: -4.9454 / 4°56'43"W

OS Eastings: 211142

OS Northings: 557793

OS Grid: NX111577

Mapcode National: GBR GH5T.7HY

Mapcode Global: WH2SG.0MBF

Entry Name: Mark, enclosed settlement E of

Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7441

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement

Location: Inch

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument was designated as the remains of an enclosed settlement. A re-interpretation of the cropmark evidence suggests that it comprises post-medieval field boundaries, a historic gravel pit and an oval feature perhaps representing a medieval sunken floored building, visible as a series of cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

Originally interpreted as an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date the re-interpretation of the evidence from aerial photographs indicates that this is not a prehistoric settlement. The elongated oval feature is probably an early medieval or medieval sunken floored building and is of some interest. The linear features and the quarry feature are likely to post-medieval. As a grouping of disparate individual features, the site does not meet the criteria for national importance and has been removed from the schedule.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

Historic Environment Scotland http://www.canmore.org.uk reference number CANMORE ID 82356 (accessed on 02/03/2020).

Canmore

https://canmore.org.uk/site/82356/

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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