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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
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
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
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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