Description

The monument consists of a hut circle and associated field system of the Bronze Age or Iron Age situated in moorland to the NE of Stair Lodge. The hut circle, buried in the blanket peat, measures about 7m in internal diameter within a bank up to 0.2m high with an entranceto the SE. Showing through the peat to the S and W are two stony field boundary banks and at least twenty field clearance cairns. The area to be scheduled includes the hut circle, the field system, and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It measures 150m NE-SW by a maximum of 150m transversely, bounded by, but excluding the public road to the NW,as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a hut circle and associated field system of the Bronze Age or Iron Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement and agriculture 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