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Latitude: 54.9611 / 54°57'40"N
Longitude: -4.8399 / 4°50'23"W
OS Eastings: 218276
OS Northings: 566633
OS Grid: NX182666
Mapcode National: GBR 41.YFWD
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.MKHL
Entry Name: Knockiebae,burnt mounds 810m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4803
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 comprises two burnt mounds, which may cover stone or timber structures, of the prehistoric or medieval periods. The NW mound is crescentic and measures 9m NE-SW by 6.8m transversely and 0.6m high. Its open side faces NW. The other mound, 15m to the SE,is alos crescentic and measures 9.5m NW-SE by 6.2m and 0.4m high.Its open side faces NNE. Both were originally on the W side of the burn running out of the Glen of the Dubloch, but this has now been channelled to the W of the mounds. The area to be scheduled includes the mounds and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It measures 50m in diameter,centred on the mounds, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as burnt mounds of the prehistoric or medieval periods which have the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric or medieval settlement in the area. It is of particular importance because of the survival of a number of other burnt mounds in the vicinity; the study of this group has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the development of the prehistoric and medieval landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NE 78.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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