Brown Hill Plantation
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Brown Hill Plantation
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Little Larg, Penwhirn
Canmore ID 61407
Site Number NX16NE 53
NGR NX 15664 66754
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61407
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16NE 53 1566 6675.
An oval burnt mound, measuring 6.5m by 4.7m and up to 0.6m in height, stands on the W side of a boggy stream-bed 45m NW of Brown Hill Plantation, some 380m SW of the public road between New Luce and the Penwhirn Reservoir.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 3 July 1986.
Field Visit (3 July 1986)
An oval burnt mound, measuring 6.5m by 4.7m and up to 0.6m in height, stands on the W side of a boggy stream-bed 45m NW of Brown Hill Plantation, some 380m SW of the public road between New Luce and the Penwhirn Reservoir.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 3 July 1986.
Note (9 November 2021)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
