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Latitude: 56.2336 / 56°14'0"N
Longitude: -3.377 / 3°22'37"W
OS Eastings: 314738
OS Northings: 705412
OS Grid: NO147054
Mapcode National: GBR 21.C991
Mapcode Global: WH6R5.3L53
Entry Name: Mawcarse Cottage, barrows 200m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 1 March 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7611
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Orwell
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Kinross-shire
Traditional County: Kinross-shire
The monument comprises two barrows of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at about 120m OD. It comprises a square barrow and a round barrow. The square barrow measures about 10m by 10m, defined by a ditch measuring about 1m wide. A cropmark at the centre of the barrow indicates the position of a central grave pit. The round barrow measures about 12m in diameter.
The enclosing ditch measures about 1m wide, and the position of a central grave pit is marked by a small cropmark. Sites of this type are ploughed out burial mounds and may be expected to contain evidence of burials. Round barrows are characteristic of the Bronze Age. Square barrows are usually thought to date to the first half of the first millennium AD.
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 sub-rectangular, with maximum dimensions of 85m between its northernmost point and its southernmost point and 65m transversely, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric funerary practices. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 10 NW 17.
Aerial Photographs used:
RCAHMS (1979) KR/380 NO10NW17.
RCAHMS (1979) KR/382 NO10NW17.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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