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Latitude: 54.972 / 54°58'19"N
Longitude: -4.996 / 4°59'45"W
OS Eastings: 208338
OS Northings: 568262
OS Grid: NX083682
Mapcode National: GBR GH1K.N9G
Mapcode Global: WH2S1.7967
Entry Name: High Croach, hut circle 650m E of
Scheduled Date: 30 November 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7391
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises a hut circle of prehistoric date. Hut circles were substantial domestic buildings and usually date from the first millennium BC.
The monument lies on a small terrace on a west-facing hillslope at around 185m OD, where it looks out towards the valley of the Claddy House Burn to the W, and Loch Ryan to the S. The stone walls of the building are visible as a roughly circular grass-covered bank up to 3m wide by approximately 0.3m high with an entrance in the SE. The walls enclose an internal area about 7m wide.
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 30m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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