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Latitude: 56.7413 / 56°44'28"N
Longitude: -3.8359 / 3°50'9"W
OS Eastings: 287800
OS Northings: 762578
OS Grid: NN878625
Mapcode National: GBR JBWX.5KS
Mapcode Global: WH5M9.1TMD
Entry Name: Dundavie, hut circle 800m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 3 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7997
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, visible as a grassed-over earthwork.
The monument lies on a locally prominent natural mound in rough grassland at around 340m OD. It comprises a sub-circular hut circle measuring about 12m N-S by about 11m E-W internally. The entrance is on the S arc of the hut circle.
Hut circles such as this are characteristic of Bronze and Iron Age settlement sites and represent the remains of timber-roofed roundhouses. The present site is one of a series of prehistoric settlement and funerary remains on the hillside, including a burial cairn which lies close by to the SW.
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
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 20.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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