What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blackmire Scar as Barrow(s) (prehistoric), Square Barrow (iron Age)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Iron Age square barrow; possibly a single burial mound. Its form is characteristic of Iron Age funerary monuments in northern Britain, though its wider archaeological context remains unclear.
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Places near here
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Thornhill, Nith BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1189 yd
Millennium CairnMemorial · 1331 yd
Tibbers WoodForest · 1.1 mi
Joseph Thomson MonumentMemorial · 1.2 mi
Drumlanrig Castle, GardenGarden (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Ewe HillMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Townhead WoodForest · 2.5 mi
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