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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
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
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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