Abbey Burn
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Abbey Burn
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 64776
Site Number NX78NW 6
NGR NX 7417 8639
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64776
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Balmaclellan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX78NW 6 7417 8639.
NX 7417 8639. A turf-covered, 'U' shaped, Burnt Mound, situated on level ground 10 metres from Abbey Burn and near the SW angle of a probable Iron Age settlement (see NX78NW 4). It measures overall 8.0m E-W, by 7.0m N-S and is 0.6m high with the open E side facing the settlement area. Probing, showed its composition of blackened earth and burnt small stones.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 17 March 1978
Field Visit (17 March 1978)
NX 7417 8639. A turf-covered, 'U' shaped, Burnt Mound, situated on level ground 10 metres from Abbey Burn and near the SW angle of a probable Iron Age settlement (see NX78NW 4). It measures overall 8.0m E-W, by 7.0m N-S and is 0.6m high with the open E side facing the settlement area. Probing, showed its composition of blackened earth and burnt small stones.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (JRL) 17 March 1978
