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Latitude: 54.895 / 54°53'41"N
Longitude: -5.0371 / 5°2'13"W
OS Eastings: 205339
OS Northings: 559807
OS Grid: NX053598
Mapcode National: GBR FHYS.1HD
Mapcode Global: WH1R8.L7M8
Entry Name: Mid Ochtrelure, enclosure 250m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 15 March 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7368
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises an enclosed settlement of later prehistoric date, visible as a cropmark on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 50m OD. It is visible as a sub-circular enclosure, measuring about 52m NW-SE by about 40m internally, defined by a ditch approximately 4m wide, with an entrance on the NE. At the time of construction, this ditch would probably have had an accompanying internal rampart. These defences would have enclosed a timber-built settlement.
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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