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Barrow and pit alignment, 420m NE of Mahaar is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland. The site comprises a burial mound or barrow associated with an alignment of pits, a characteristic arrangement of the Bronze Age period indicating ritual or ceremonial activity related to funerary practices. Such pit alignments commonly accompany barrows in prehistoric Scotland and may have served boundary, ritual, or commemorative functions. The monument survives as an archaeological feature recorded in the Canmore database under the Historic Environment Scotland INSPIRE designation SM7435, contributing to evidence of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in the Wigtownshire region.
Barrow and pit alignment, 420m NE of Mahaar is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7435. View the official record →
Barrow and pit alignment, 420m NE of Mahaar is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7435.
Barrow and pit alignment, 420m NE of Mahaar is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM7435.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including East Galdenoch, fort 450m SSW of (2.9 km), Garthland Mains, enclosures 190m S of (4.2 km), Garthland Cottages, palisaded enclosure 120m NNW of (4.2 km).
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