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Craigbirnoch, hut circle 1100m WNW of

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.985 / 54°59'5"N

Longitude: -4.8755 / 4°52'31"W

OS Eastings: 216108

OS Northings: 569381

OS Grid: NX161693

Mapcode National: GBR GHBJ.PHQ

Mapcode Global: WH2RX.2YLT

Entry Name: Craigbirnoch, hut circle 1100m WNW of

Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7486

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

Description

The monument comprises a hut circle of prehistoric date, visible as turf-covered wall footings.

The monument lies in rough pasture at around 185m OD. It comprises a hut circle measuring about 7.5m in internal diameter. Its walls survive as a low mound measuring about 2m thick by 0.2m in height. There is a baffle wall protecting the entrance on the ESE which forms a small antechamber. 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 40m, 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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