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Latitude: 56.7424 / 56°44'32"N
Longitude: -3.8714 / 3°52'16"W
OS Eastings: 285637
OS Northings: 762755
OS Grid: NN856627
Mapcode National: GBR JBTW.TM1
Mapcode Global: WH4L4.HSQL
Entry Name: Edintian, hut circle 420m N of
Scheduled Date: 3 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7985
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Blair Atholl
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Highland
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a hut circle of prehistoric date.
The monument lies on a spur of ground in rough grassland, at around 320m OD, overlooking the Allt Fearn to the S. It comprises a hut circle measuring about 9m in internal diameter, defined by a turf-covered wall measuring about 0.3m high. The wall is spread to about 2.5m wide, giving the hut-circle an overall diameter of about 14m.
Hut circles 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 45m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of upland prehistoric settlement and economy. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 86 SE 28.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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