Belshand Knowe
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Belshand Knowe
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 74826
Site Number NY19SW 36.02
NGR NY 12697 92010
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74826
- 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 36.02 12697 92010
This burnt mound measures about 3m in diameter and lies on the edge of a boggy hollow. Removal of a turf revealed 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.
