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Latitude: 54.914 / 54°54'50"N
Longitude: -4.8757 / 4°52'32"W
OS Eastings: 215770
OS Northings: 561489
OS Grid: NX157614
Mapcode National: GBR GHBQ.HDD
Mapcode Global: WH2S9.2RH6
Entry Name: High Airyolland, hut circle 680m S of
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7523
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 in rough pasture at around 105m OD. It comprises a hut circle measuring about 7.7m in internal diameter. Its walls survive as a stony bank measuring about 1.9m thick and about 0.4m in height. There are numerous outer facing-stones visible, measuring up to about 1m by 0.4m by 0.5m in height, and five inner facing-stones are visible on the ESE, adjacent to the entrance.
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 30m, 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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