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Latitude: 54.9827 / 54°58'57"N
Longitude: -4.9006 / 4°54'2"W
OS Eastings: 214492
OS Northings: 569192
OS Grid: NX144691
Mapcode National: GBR GH8J.XNZ
Mapcode Global: WH2S2.P1L0
Entry Name: Altaggart, hut circle 870m NNE of Pularyan
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7464
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 155m OD. It comprises a hut circle with an internal diameter of about 8.5m. Its walls survive as a bank measuring about 2m wide and about 0.3m in height. There is an entrance on the ESE. Hut circles of this type are characteristic of Bronze and Iron Age settlement sites and represent the remains of timber-roofed roundhouses.
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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