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Latitude: 54.9743 / 54°58'27"N
Longitude: -4.9167 / 4°55'0"W
OS Eastings: 213424
OS Northings: 568305
OS Grid: NX134683
Mapcode National: GBR GH7K.GNG
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.F7YF
Entry Name: Pularyan,hut circle 850m W of
Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5132
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 can be seen as a low bank about 6m in diameter and 0.2m high, several stones are visible in the bank and the entrance is probably on the ESE. It lies on open moorland 250m WNW of the sheep ree 600m W of Pularyan.
The area to be scheduled is 30m square, aligned N-S, to include the hut circle and an area around in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as one of several hut circles in similar situations with a potential contribution to our understanding of prehistoric habituation in the upland zone and subsequent retreat from it.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 82.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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