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Latitude: 54.9023 / 54°54'8"N
Longitude: -5.163 / 5°9'46"W
OS Eastings: 197301
OS Northings: 560974
OS Grid: NW973609
Mapcode National: GBR FHMR.HTC
Mapcode Global: WH1R6.N1MP
Entry Name: Meikle Larbrax,hut circles 460m NW of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4792
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Leswalt
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument consists of two hut circles of the Bronze Age or IronAge situated in recently improved land on Larbrax Moor. The NE hutcircle measures 7.3m in diameter within a wall 1.5m thick and 0.4mhigh. The other, about 30m to the SW, survives as a scoop in thegentle hill-slope, measuring 9m in diameter with a low wall on theSE (downhill) side. The area to be preserved includes the hutcircles and an area around them within which traces of activityassociated with their use may be found. It measures 70m NE-SW by 30mtransversely, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as two hut circles of the Bronze Age or Iron Age which have the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of the prehistoric settlement of the area. They are of particular importance because they are among only a few survivors of this type of monument in the W Rhins.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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