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Latitude: 54.9699 / 54°58'11"N
Longitude: -4.8476 / 4°50'51"W
OS Eastings: 217822
OS Northings: 567630
OS Grid: NX178676
Mapcode National: GBR 41.Y029
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.HBTV
Entry Name: Knockiebae,hut circle and clearance cairns 1720m N of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4794
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
The monument is a hut circle and field clearance cairns of theBronze Age or Iron Age. The hut circle, situated immediately W ofthe public road between New Luce and Barrhill, measures 6.5m indiameter within a wall 1.5m thick and 0.2m high. To the E of theroad are at least six field clearance cairns. The area to bescheduled includes the hut circle and cairns and an area around themwithin which traces of activity associated with their use may befound. It measures 150m NNE-SSW by 150m transversely, crossed by,but excluding, the public road, as marked in red on the attachedmap.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a hut circle and clearance cairns 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 monuments 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
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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