Auld Taggart
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Auld Taggart
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61408
Site Number NX16NE 54
NGR NX 15160 67005
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61408
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16NE 54 1516 6700.
A burnt mound has been exposed in the bottom of a drain on the SE side of a track leading up Auld Taggart about 40m NE of the burnt mound NX16NE 56. Little is visible of the mound, which is buried in peat at the mouth of a gully, but the deposit of burnt stones is exposed over a distance of 3.5m in the drain.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 3 July 1986
The mound was damaged by two drainage ditches and the Auld Taggart track. A box section was cut through it clear of both ditches to try and avoid the problem of flooding. The section was recorded and mound material was sampled for C-14 and possible TL dating. An area of compacted stones was noted under the mound edge.
C J Russell-White 1987
Field Visit (3 July 1986)
A burnt mound has been exposed in the bottom of a drain on the SE side of a track leading up Auld Taggart about 40m NE of the burnt mound NX16NE 56. Little is visible of the mound, which is buried in peat at the mouth of a gully, but the deposit of burnt stones is exposed over a distance of 3.5m in the drain.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 3 July 1986
Excavation (1987)
The mound was damaged by two drainage ditches and the Auld Taggart track. A box section was cut through it clear of both ditches to try and avoid the problem of flooding. The section was recorded and mound material was sampled for C-14 and possible TL dating. An area of compacted stones was noted under the mound edge.
C J Russell-White 1987
Field Visit (23 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
