Piltanton Burn
Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Site Name Piltanton Burn
Classification Palisaded Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Mark Cottage
Canmore ID 79040
Site Number NX15NW 85
NGR NX 11463 56824
NGR Description Centre
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79040
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NW 85 11462 56824
(Scheduled as palisaded enclosure under site-name Mark Cottage).
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 5 October 1999.
This palisaded enclosure has have been recorded as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1992). It is circular in plan and defined by a ditch about 1.2m wide. The enclosed area is 26.8m in diameter, but the SW quarter is missing, and appears to have been incorporated into a modern field boundary. A break in the NE may have been an entrance, but it is not clear.
Information from RCAHMS (KHJM) 24 Nov 2011
Aerial Photographic Transcription (12 March 1993 - 20 October 1993)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Aerial Photographic Transcription (24 November 2011)
Note (7 June 2022)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed and changed from PALISADED ENCLOSURE (PERIOD UNASSIGNED).
