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Latitude: 54.9726 / 54°58'21"N
Longitude: -4.9131 / 4°54'47"W
OS Eastings: 213643
OS Northings: 568107
OS Grid: NX136681
Mapcode National: GBR GH7K.Q82
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.H8MR
Entry Name: Pularyan,shielings 680m SW of
Scheduled Date: 12 November 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5207
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: shieling
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
These are the remains of four shieling huts and a small mound situated on the edge of a terrace above the burn and sheep ree 650m WSW of Pularyan.
The area proposed for scheduling is a 50m square aligned NS and centred on the co-ordinate NX 1365 6810. This includes the huts and an area around them in which traces of activities associated with their construction and use may survive. It is marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
These monuments are of national importance because of their potential contribution to our understanding of the construction of shielings and of their use in the upland landscape.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 38.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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