Ancient Monuments

History on the Ground

This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.

Hardcroft,hut circles 700m east of

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

We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

If Google Street View is available, the image is from the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the monument. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead.

Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9442 / 54°56'39"N

Longitude: -4.8232 / 4°49'23"W

OS Eastings: 219267

OS Northings: 564708

OS Grid: NX192647

Mapcode National: GBR 41.ZRP6

Mapcode Global: WH2S3.WZDL

Entry Name: Hardcroft,hut circles 700m E of

Scheduled Date: 18 December 1990

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4939

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

Description

The monument consists of three hut circles of the Bronze Age or Iron Age situated to the SSW of Knockcraven. The easternmost measures 5.5m in diameter within a wall 1.5m thick and 0.3m high. There is a ring of large stones in the NW quadrant of the interior. The entrance is to the SSE. About 60m to the W, the second hut circle measures 7.4m by 6.8m within a wall 1.5m thick and 0.4m high. The entrance is to the SSE. The third hut circle is c. 30m to the NNW ofthe second.

It measures 10m in diameter overall and shows as a low knoll 0.5m high on the outside. A small rectangular structure overlies its NW edge. The area to be scheduled includes the hut circles and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It measures a maximum of140m WNW-ESE by a maximum of 80m transversely.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as hut circles of the Bronze Age or Iron Age which have the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area. It is of particular importance because of the survival of a number of similar sites in the vicinity; 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

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 SE 54.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Other nearby scheduled monuments

AncientMonuments.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact AncientMonuments.uk for any queries related to any individual ancient or schedued monument, planning permission related to scheduled monuments or the scheduling process itself.

AncientMonuments.uk is a Good Stuff website.