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Blackmire Scar

Barrow(s) (prehistoric), Square Barrow (iron Age)(possible)

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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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