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Latitude: 55.005 / 55°0'18"N
Longitude: -4.8445 / 4°50'40"W
OS Eastings: 218179
OS Northings: 571531
OS Grid: NX181715
Mapcode National: GBR 41.VSXK
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.KG9F
Entry Name: Dirniemow,burnt mound 970m NE of
Scheduled Date: 13 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4989
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a burnt mound, which may cover stone or timber structures, of the prehistoric or medieval periods. Situated on the N bank of the Tryock Burn, it measures 6.3m WNW-ESE by 3.3m
transversely and 0.4m high. It is crescentic with it open side facing SSE towards the burn. The area to be scheduled includes the burnt
mound and an area around it within which traces of activity
associated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter, centred on the monument but excluding the above ground portion of a drystone dyke to the NE, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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