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Latitude: 55.0578 / 55°3'28"N
Longitude: -2.9576 / 2°57'27"W
OS Eastings: 338926
OS Northings: 574125
OS Grid: NY389741
Mapcode National: GBR 79SY.GQ
Mapcode Global: WH7Z9.J4TF
Entry Name: Woodslee,burial mound 250m SW of
Scheduled Date: 11 August 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4722
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary)
Location: Canonbie
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Annandale East and Eskdale
Traditional County: Dumfriesshire
The monument is a burial mound of the later Neolithic or earlier Bronze Age (some 3000 to 5000 years old) situated in a field close to the steading of Woodslee farm, adjacent to a disused quarry. The mound measures 20m in diameter and is up to 1m high. It shows signs of sight disturbance but the burials beneath it and dug into it will have survived virtually intact. An area measuring 30m in diameter centred on the mound is proposed for scheduling to include the mound and a small area around it in which traces of activity associated with its use will survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved burial mound of the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial practices. In addition the mound will cover a fragment of the contemporary old land surface; examination of this would add to our knowledge of prehistoric land use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NY 37 SE 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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