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Skelston Burn
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Skelston Burn
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 74575
Site Number NX88NW 14.33
NGR NX 8297 8608
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74575
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (12 December 1991)
NX88NW 14.33 8297 8608.
There are two burnt mounds situated on slight ridges to either side of a boggy gully through which a drain has been cut. The W mound (Nith 165), which is C-shaped, measures 14m from NNE to SSW by 10m transversely and 1.5m in height. A hollow opens out on the NE, and there is a scoop, one side of which is defined by an earthfast slab, in the mouth of the mound, which may indicate the position of a trough. There is a fragment of an earlier mound extending from beneath the S side of the mound. The second mound (Nith 166), measures 16m from N to S by 12m transversely and 1.2m in height. The mound opens out on the E. Upcast from rabbit burrows in both mounds revealed cracked, reddened stone, fragments of charcoal and black soil. (Nith 165, 166)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 12 December 1991.
Measured Survey (24 February 1991)
RCAHMS surveyed the burnt mounds at Skelston Burn on 24 February 1991 at a scale of 1:250. The resultant plan was redrawn in ink and published at a scale of 1:500 (RCAHMS 1994a, Fig. 7b).
