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Latitude: 54.9846 / 54°59'4"N
Longitude: -4.8224 / 4°49'20"W
OS Eastings: 219505
OS Northings: 569204
OS Grid: NX195692
Mapcode National: GBR 41.X5WX
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.WZT2
Entry Name: Quarter Farm,burnt mound 1280m NE of
Scheduled Date: 18 February 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4943
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 beside boggy ground on the S flank of Quarter Fell, it measures 9.5m NE-SW by 5m transversely and up to 0.5m high. 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.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a burnt mound of the prehistoric or medieval periods which has 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 69.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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