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Latitude: 55.0125 / 55°0'45"N
Longitude: -4.8774 / 4°52'38"W
OS Eastings: 216115
OS Northings: 572451
OS Grid: NX161724
Mapcode National: GBR GHBG.GMS
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.18QN
Entry Name: Glenwhilly,hut circle and field clearance cairns 1500m NW of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4865
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 consists of a hut circle and field clearance cairns of the later Bronze Age or Iron Age. The hut circle is situated at the bottom of a slope in boggy ground and measures 9m in diameter within a wall up to 0.5m high and 1.7m wide. There are at least 6 cairns on the hillslope to the NW. The area to be scheduled includes the hut circle, the clearance cairns, and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It is a square measuring 150m NE-SW by 150m 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 cairns of the later Bronze Age or Iron Age which has the potential to greatly enhance our understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area. It is particularly important because of the survival of a number 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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