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Latitude: 54.9919 / 54°59'30"N
Longitude: -4.8224 / 4°49'20"W
OS Eastings: 219535
OS Northings: 570012
OS Grid: NX195700
Mapcode National: GBR 41.WRWQ
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.WSSH
Entry Name: Pultadie,hut circle 1280m E of
Scheduled Date: 18 December 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4894
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 of the later Bronze Age or Iron Age. It is oval, 9.8m by 8.7, within a wall 1.7m thick and 0.2m high. The entrance to the S has a baffle wall to protect it. The area to be scheduled includes the hut circle and an area around within which traces of activity associated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter, centred on the monument, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a well preserved example of a prehistoric hut circle which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 17 SE 85.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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