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Belnaglack Burnt Mound is a prehistoric cooking site situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 450 metres north-east of the settlement of Belnaglack. The monument comprises a mound of blackened and fire-cracked stones accumulated through repeated heating and use, a characteristic feature of Bronze Age communal cooking installations. Such sites typically functioned as boiling places where heated stones were dropped into water-filled pits or troughs to cook meat and prepare food for gatherings.
The monument rests upon bedrock formed from a mafic igneous intrusion of Silurian age, part of the ancient geological foundation underlying this part of Aberdeenshire. This hard, crystalline geology would have provided a stable foundation for the intensive heat treatment processes that created the burnt stone accumulation visible today.
Belnaglack Burnt Mound is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11390. The site's survival as an archaeological resource offers evidence of Bronze Age subsistence practices and communal activity patterns in this region of north-east Scotland, demonstrating the practical ingenuity of prehistoric communities in food preparation technology.
Belnaglack, burnt mound 450m ENE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11390. View the official record →
Belnaglack Burnt Mound is a prehistoric cooking site situated in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 450 metres north-east of the settlement of Belnaglack. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11390.
Belnaglack, burnt mound 450m ENE of 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 SM11390.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tulloch, cupmarks 335m SW of (6.1 km), Deskryshiel, hut circle 680m SE of (7.4 km), Torr na Sithinn Wood, cairn (7.8 km).
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Belnaglack, burnt mound 450m ENE of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.