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Latitude: 54.9214 / 54°55'17"N
Longitude: -4.8806 / 4°52'50"W
OS Eastings: 215488
OS Northings: 562321
OS Grid: NX154623
Mapcode National: GBR GHBP.TBQ
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.0K5K
Entry Name: High Airyolland, hut circle 400m NW of
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7520
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: New Luce
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 turf-covered wall footings.
The monument lies on a grassy knoll in an area of rough pasture, at around 95m OD. It comprises a hut circle, roughly circular on plan but with a flattened E side, measuring about 9m NNE-SSW by some 7.8m transversely. Its walls survive as a stony bank measuring about 2.3m thick by some 0.3m in height. The entrance is on the ESE.
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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