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Latitude: 54.9075 / 54°54'26"N
Longitude: -4.9096 / 4°54'34"W
OS Eastings: 213566
OS Northings: 560848
OS Grid: NX135608
Mapcode National: GBR GH7Q.ZVZ
Mapcode Global: WH2S8.KX97
Entry Name: Chlenry Hill, hut circle 780m ESE of Chlenry
Scheduled Date: 16 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7516
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises a hut circle of prehistoric date, visible as wall footings.
The monument lies in rough pasture at around 120m OD, on the edge of a forestry plantation. It comprises the wall foundations of a circular hut measuring about 8.5m in internal diameter, showing as a band of rubble measuring up to about 1.9m wide by 0.4m in height on the E, and as a scarp about 0.3m in height on the W. The entrance is on the E.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 35m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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