Auld Taggart
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Auld Taggart
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 61410
Site Number NX16NE 56
NGR NX 15138 66968
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61410
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16NE 56 1513 6696.
A small burnt mound is situated on the SE side of a shallow gully on Auld Taggart about 40m SW of NX16NE 54. The mound measures 4.8m from NNE to SSW by 3.2 m transversely and it is up to 0.5m high; the hollow in its open side measures 1.6m across the mouth by 1.4m transversely and faces WNW into the gully.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 15 July 1986
This was a small mound partially damaged by a drainage ditch. The mound was excavated in quadrants revealing two parts divided by a possible hearth area and an unlined trough cut into the glacial subsoil. An area of compacted stones was noted under the mound edge. Dating samples were taken for C-14 and possible TL.
C J Russell-White 1987.
Field Visit (15 July 1986)
A small burnt mound is situated on the SE side of a shallow gully on Auld Taggart about 40m SW of NX16NE 54. The mound measures 4.8m from NNE to SSW by 3.2 m transversely and it is up to 0.5m high; the hollow in its open side measures 1.6m across the mouth by 1.4m transversely and faces WNW into the gully.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 15 July 1986
Field Visit (1987)
This was a small mound partially damaged by a drainage ditch. The mound was excavated in quadrants revealing two parts divided by a possible hearth area and an unlined trough cut into the glacial subsoil. An area of compacted stones was noted under the mound edge. Dating samples were taken for C-14 and possible TL.
C J Russell-White 1987.
Field Visit (23 March 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
