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Latitude: 57.6624 / 57°39'44"N
Longitude: -2.2838 / 2°17'1"W
OS Eastings: 383166
OS Northings: 863642
OS Grid: NJ831636
Mapcode National: GBR N8QG.NFZ
Mapcode Global: WH8LZ.WNNT
Entry Name: Blackhillocks, hut circle 710m SE of
Scheduled Date: 27 January 2005
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM11213
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse
Location: Gamrie
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Troup
Traditional County: Banffshire
The monument comprises the remains of a hut circle of prehistoric date, situated in rough grazing at about 185m OD on a fairly level plateau c.710m SE of Blackhillocks and c.620m NW of Cutler's Hole on the Tore Burn.
The monument consists of a hut-circle defined by a low turf bank approximately c. 10m in diameter with a possible entrance to the SW. 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 above and an area within which related archaeological material may be found. It is circular on plan, with a diameter of 30m, centred on the monument, and is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance as a well-preserved hut circle, a rare survival in this area, which has the potential to provide important information about prehistoric architecture and domestic activities.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as 'Long Glen North', hut circle, NJ86SW 29.
Photographs:
(AAS/86/01/S1/3-4), NMRS, MS/712/36.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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