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Latitude: 55.4618 / 55°27'42"N
Longitude: -2.2523 / 2°15'8"W
OS Eastings: 384142
OS Northings: 618688
OS Grid: NT841186
Mapcode National: GBR D5Q8.5X
Mapcode Global: WH9ZS.CZP9
Entry Name: Blackcock Hole,hut circle
Scheduled Date: 24 February 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5312
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house
Location: Morebattle
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Kelso and District
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
The monument is a single circular prehistoric house, surviving as a shallow ditch enclosing a slightly raised area. It is c 9m across. It lies immediately to the SE of an access from a recent track. The area to be scheduled measures 50m in diameter, centred on the house, to include the house and an area around it in which traces of
activities associated with its use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well-preserved house site which has the potential to increase our knowledge about the design and use of buildings in prehistory. It is of particular importance because single houses of this kind, not surrounded by an enclosure, are rare in this area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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https://canmore.org.uk/site/72085/
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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