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Little Larg,hut circle and cairns 1300m west of

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.954 / 54°57'14"N

Longitude: -4.8929 / 4°53'34"W

OS Eastings: 214855

OS Northings: 565977

OS Grid: NX148659

Mapcode National: GBR GH9M.1KH

Mapcode Global: WH2S2.TR82

Entry Name: Little Larg,hut circle and cairns 1300m W of

Scheduled Date: 22 March 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5060

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

This hut-circle, 4.8m in diameter and 0.2m high, is situated on the W flank of Craigengale at the edge of Cross Hill Moss. The entrance is probably on the E. There are at least 9 small cairns scattered to the SW.

The area proposed for scheduling is a rectangle aligned N-S measuring 120m N and 80m E from NX1482 6592, as marked in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

This monument is of national importance as part of an area of much Bronze Age activity, mainly indicated by cairns, extending from Cairnscarrow along the Lingdowey Burn. It is also of importance in its own right because it shows an association of a domestic structure with clearance cairns, offering an opportunity, through excavation, to relate the development of domestic construction to the contemporary agricultural economy of the area.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 96.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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