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Broomhillbank
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Broomhillbank
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Broomhill Bank
Canmore ID 74827
Site Number NY19SW 37
NGR NY 12779 91203
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74827
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Applegarth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (14 August 1990)
NY19SW 37 12779 91203
Situated towards the edge of boggy ground and between a drain to the SW and a drainage gully to the N, there are the remains of a burnt mound. Roughly oval on plan with a hollow opening to the SW, it measures 7.7m from ESE to WNW by 6.6m transversely, and about 0.5m in height. A turf was removed from the top of the mound revealing a mass of reddened angular fragments of stone within a matrix of loose black earth.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 14 August 1990.
Listed as burnt mound.
RCAHMS 1997.
