Lochurr
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lochurr
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 74449
Site Number NX78NE 33
NGR NX 760 852
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74449
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (23 April 1992)
NX78NE 33 760 852
There are two C-shaped burnt mounds situated alongside a drain cut through a boggy gully in a semi-improved field to the WNW of Lochurr. Sods were lifted on both mounds exposing cracked, reddened stone set in a matrix of black soil. The W mound (NX 7600 8531, Nith 337) measures 5.4m from NNE to SSW by 5.2m transversely and 0.3m in height, opening out on the ESE. The second mound measures 4.9m from NW to SE by 3.6m transversely and 0.3m in height, opening out on the NE.
(Nith 336-7)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 23 April 1992
