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Latitude: 55.0309 / 55°1'51"N
Longitude: -4.8318 / 4°49'54"W
OS Eastings: 219107
OS Northings: 574373
OS Grid: NX191743
Mapcode National: GBR 41.T3QW
Mapcode Global: WH2RQ.RT93
Entry Name: Markdhu,hut circle 1020m NE of
Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5066
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 which occupies a low peat covered knoll. It is visible as a low circular bank 2m wide and 0.2m high enclosing an area 7m in diameter. The area to be scheduled encloses the hut circle and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its use may be found. The area measures 30m in diameter, centered on the hut circle, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a hut circle of the later Bronze Age or Iron Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns. Its importance is increased by the survival of a number of 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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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 17 SE 51.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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