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Latitude: 54.9573 / 54°57'26"N
Longitude: -4.9039 / 4°54'13"W
OS Eastings: 214166
OS Northings: 566380
OS Grid: NX141663
Mapcode National: GBR GH8L.VY3
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.NN1H
Entry Name: Cairnerzean,hut circle 1200m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5129
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
This hut circle which is situated on the SE flank of Cairnerzean Fell is not easily visible in the coarse grass and heather cover. It is 8.2m in diameter within a bank 0.4m high. The entrance is to the ESE. The area proposed for scheduling is a 50m square centred to the S of the hut circle, to include the hut circle and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive. It also includes a small cairn 30m to the S. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance because it is one of a group of hut circles which lie on the E side of Cairnerzean Fell near the edge of the improved land. It lies under peat and will have preserved evidence of buried soils. It contains information with the potential to contribute to our understanding of the prehistoric settlement pattern of this area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 77.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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