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Latitude: 54.9072 / 54°54'25"N
Longitude: -5.1543 / 5°9'15"W
OS Eastings: 197883
OS Northings: 561499
OS Grid: NW978614
Mapcode National: GBR FHNR.1S5
Mapcode Global: WH1R0.SXRF
Entry Name: Meikle Larbrax,hut circle 1000m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4786
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Leswalt
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a hut circle of the Bronze Age or Iron Age situatedon gently sloping ground on the E side of Larbrax Moor. It has been cut into the hill-slope to the WNW. It measures 8.2m in diameter within a wall surviving as a mound on the SE side (downslope)measuring 3m thick and 0.3m high. The area to be scheduled includes the hut circle and an area around it within which traces of activity associated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter, centred on the monument, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a hut circle 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 one of only a few survivors of this type of monument in the W Rhins.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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