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Latitude: 54.985 / 54°59'5"N
Longitude: -4.8755 / 4°52'31"W
OS Eastings: 216108
OS Northings: 569381
OS Grid: NX161693
Mapcode National: GBR GHBJ.PHQ
Mapcode Global: WH2RX.2YLT
Entry Name: Craigbirnoch, hut circle 1100m WNW of
Scheduled Date: 5 October 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7486
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises a hut circle of prehistoric date, visible as turf-covered wall footings.
The monument lies in rough pasture at around 185m OD. It comprises a hut circle measuring about 7.5m in internal diameter. Its walls survive as a low mound measuring about 2m thick by 0.2m in height. There is a baffle wall protecting the entrance on the ESE which forms a small antechamber. Hut circles of this type 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 40m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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