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Float,hut circle and enclosure 1050m WSW of

A Scheduled Monument in Stranraer and the Rhins, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7948 / 54°47'41"N

Longitude: -5.0324 / 5°1'56"W

OS Eastings: 205152

OS Northings: 548657

OS Grid: NX051486

Mapcode National: GBR FJY1.9LN

Mapcode Global: WH1RN.NRS2

Entry Name: Float,hut circle and enclosure 1050m WSW of

Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4808

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse

Location: Stoneykirk

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument is a hut circle and enclosure of the Bronze Age or Iron Age situated on the S flank of Cairnmon Fell. The hut circle measures 5.5m in internal diameter within a peat covered wall 1.5m thick and 0.3m high. It is situated in the S half of an enclosure measuring c 60m NE-SW by at least 36m transversely. The enclosure is visible only in the unimproved moorland and stops at the dyke to the SE.

The area to be scheduled includes the hut circle and enclosure and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It measures 140m NNE-SSW by a maximum of 60m transversely, bounded by the dyke to the SE, 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 enclosure of the Bronze Age or Iron Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area. It is of particular importance because it is of only a few examples of its kind in the W Rhins.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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