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Latitude: 56.2411 / 56°14'27"N
Longitude: -3.99 / 3°59'24"W
OS Eastings: 276763
OS Northings: 707174
OS Grid: NN767071
Mapcode National: GBR 19.BPLM
Mapcode Global: WH4NL.PD5C
Entry Name: Cromlix Lodge, hut circle 1000m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 23 December 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6557
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Dunblane and Lecropt
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a hut circle of prehistoric date surviving as an earthwork in pasture.
The monument lies on a ridge of rough pasture at around 200m OD. It comprises the remains of a substantial hut circle some 12m in diameter with a bank some 3m wide and some 0.8m in surviving height. Numerous slighter foundations occur in the immediate vicinity, representing the remains of settlement of various periods.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the hut circle and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 60m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric settlement, economy and house construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 70 NE 12.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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