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Latitude: 55.0288 / 55°1'43"N
Longitude: -4.8709 / 4°52'15"W
OS Eastings: 216600
OS Northings: 574241
OS Grid: NX166742
Mapcode National: GBR 40.T6QK
Mapcode Global: WH2RQ.4VSQ
Entry Name: Maurs Cairn,hut circle and field clearance cairns 1000m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4809
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a hut circle and field clearance cairns of the later Bronze Age or Iron Age. The hut circle measures 7.5m in diameter within a wall 2m thick and 0.3m high. Large facing stones are visible on the outer face of the wall to the SW. A short length of modern dyke has been built within the hut circle forming a sheep shelter with the NW side of the hut wall. At least 6 field clearance cairns can be seen to the NE. The area to be scheduled includes the hut circle, the cairns, and an area around them in which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. The area is a rectangle measuring 100m NE-SW by 70m transversely, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a hut circle and field clearance cairns of the later Bronze Age and Iron Age which have the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of prehistoric settlement. Its importance is increased by the survival of several similar monuments in the area; the study of this group has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the development and organisation of the prehistoric landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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