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Latitude: 57.4221 / 57°25'19"N
Longitude: -2.2287 / 2°13'43"W
OS Eastings: 386363
OS Northings: 836888
OS Grid: NJ863368
Mapcode National: GBR N9V3.9PT
Mapcode Global: WH9P9.QPXZ
Entry Name: Bellmuir,hut circles 450m SW of Auchencrieve
Scheduled Date: 31 May 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4525
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Methlick
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Turriff and District
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument comprises the remains of two circular house stances (hut circles) of the Bronze Age or Iron Age, some 2000 to 3500 years old. The northwestern circle measures 10.5m in diameter and is mutilated in the SW arc. The southeastern circle measures about 10m across. Areas measuring 30m in diameter, centred on both of the circles, are proposed for scheduling, to include the circles and areas around them in which traces of activity associated with their construction and use will survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a pair of houses which have the potential to enhance our understanding of prehistoric settlement. Their main importance lies in their likely relationship to the settlement and field system complex immediately to the E; they could increase our understanding of the nature and function of the elements of that complex. These two houses could add considerably to our knowledge of the use and development of this surviving fragment of the prehistoric landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NJ 83 NE 34.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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