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Little Larg,hut circle and cairns 2050m south west by west of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9451 / 54°56'42"N

Longitude: -4.8977 / 4°53'51"W

OS Eastings: 214504

OS Northings: 565000

OS Grid: NX145650

Mapcode National: GBR GH8M.Z76

Mapcode Global: WH2S2.QYYX

Entry Name: Little Larg,hut circle and cairns 2050m SW by W of

Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5044

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse

Location: Inch

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The hut circle is situated on a shallow slope on the S side of Drumminnoch to the S of at least 35 cairns covering about 1.5ha. The hut circle is 6.5m by 5m and its wall measures about 0.2m to 0.3m high. The entrance is on the SE. The largest of the cairns is about 4m in diameter and 0.5m high. The whole area is covered by fairly uniform coarse grass.

The area proposed for scheduling is 200m square, aligned N-S with its SW corner at NX 1240 6490. This will include the hut circle and all the cairns and an area around and between them in which traces of any activities associated with their construction and use may survive. The area is marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

These monuments are of national importance as a related group. The hut circle and clearance cairns are situated well into the marginal land and on excavation will offer much useful information concerning the prehistoric settlement and land-use of the area.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 SW 66.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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