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Latitude: 54.893 / 54°53'34"N
Longitude: -4.9171 / 4°55'1"W
OS Eastings: 213018
OS Northings: 559259
OS Grid: NX130592
Mapcode National: GBR GH7S.2G3
Mapcode Global: WH2SG.F8RS
Entry Name: Tonnachrae, enclosure 500m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7470
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 20m OD. There is a circular ditched enclosure, measuring about 45m in internal diameter. The ditch is about 2m wide and has an entrance on the E. Cropmarks of indistinct plan within the interior may indicate surviving domestic deposits.
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 80m, 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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