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Castlehill
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Castlehill
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 75462
Site Number NX88NW 64
NGR NX 8086 8887
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75462
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (13 December 1991)
NX88NW 64 8086 8887.
This C-shaped burnt mound is situated on the W side of a burn to the WSW of Castlehill farmsteading. It measures 8m from NNE to SSW by 4.5m transversely and 0.9m in height, opening out on the E, where it has been eroded by the burn, exposing a section of cracked stone and black soil 0.6m in height.
(Nith 185)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 13 December 1991.
