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Skelston Burn
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skelston Burn
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 74561
Site Number NX88NW 14.19
NGR NX 8207 8654
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (27 November 1991)
NX88NW 14.19 8207 8654.
This C-shaped burnt mound is situated on the NE side of the Skelston Burn and is overlain by a drystone wall. It measures 9m in diameter and 0.6m in height, opening out on the SW. Lifting a sod revealed cracked stones set in a matrix of black soil.
(Nith 120)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 27 November 1991.