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Barnasload Plantation
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Barnasload Plantation
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 246052
Site Number NR89NW 156
NGR NR 82991 98868
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/246052
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmartin
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR89NW 156 82991 98868
NR 82991 98868 Situated on a gravel terrace overlooking Glebe Cairn in upper Kilmartin Glen (NR89NW 9), this possible burnt mound site is located close to a spring source. The mound itself measures 4m by 3m and stands 0.5m high. Many of the stones exhibit signs of fracture and discolouration caused by heat.
The source of the stone may be from the stream-beds that cut through the gravel terrace.
While burnt mounds are common throughout Scotland, only one other site of this type has been recorded within the Kilmartin Glen, at Lady Glassary Wood car park (NR89NW 125).
B Brown and P Brown 2002.
Field Visit (2002)
NR 82991 98868 Situated on a gravel terrace overlooking Glebe Cairn in upper Kilmartin Glen (NR89NW 9), this possible burnt mound site is located close to a spring source. The mound itself measures 4m by 3m and stands 0.5m high. Many of the stones exhibit signs of fracture and discolouration caused by heat.
The source of the stone may be from the stream-beds that cut through the gravel terrace.
While burnt mounds are common throughout Scotland, only one other site of this type has been recorded within the Kilmartin Glen, at Lady Glassary Wood car park (NR89NW 125).
B Brown and P Brown 2002
Note (18 May 2020)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
