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Chlenry Hill, hut circle 780m ESE of Chlenry

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

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

Description

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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