Brockloch
Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Brockloch
Classification Burnt Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 74870
Site Number NX88SW 15
NGR NX 8063 8424
NGR Description NX 8063 8424 and NX 8063 8426
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dunscore
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (28 August 1991)
NX88SW 15 8063 8424 and 8063 8426
There are two burnt mounds situated on a terrace on the S side of a small water-course in an improved field to the SE of Brockloch. Sods were lifted on both mounds revealing cracked stones set in a matrix of black soil.
NX 8063 8424. This U-shaped mound measures 8.8m from WNW to ESE by 8.1m transversely and 0.8m in height, opening out on the ESE.
(Nith 70)
NX 8063 8426. This kidney-shaped mound measures 4.7m from NNE to SSW by 2.3m transversely and 0.3m in height, opening out on the NW.
(Nith 71)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 28 August 1991.
