Cruise
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cruise
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Dernemullie
Canmore ID 61567
Site Number NX16SE 102
NGR NX 1881 6314
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish New Luce
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16SE 102 1881 6314.
The drainage ditch on the S side of the track between Cruise and Kilhern cuts through a burnt mound 250m SSW of the ruins of the 19th-century farm of Dernemullie. Little trace of the mound is visible on the surface of the surrounding peat, but burnt stones have been exposed over an area measuring 11m by 3m, and the ditch section shows the mound is at least 0.4m high.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 18 June 1986.
A box section was cut, and sampled for C-14 and possible TL dating. No structure was evident.
C J Russell-White 1987
Field Visit (18 June 1986)
The drainage ditch on the S side of the track between Cruise and Kilhern cuts through a burnt mound 250m SSW of the ruins of the 19th-century farm of Dernemullie. Little trace of the mound is visible on the surface of the surrounding peat, but burnt stones have been exposed over an area measuring 11m by 3m, and the ditch section shows the mound is at least 0.4m high.
RCAHMS 1987, visited (SH) 18 June 1986.
Excavation (1987)
A box section was cut, and sampled for C-14 and possible TL dating. No structure was evident.
C J Russell-White 1987
