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Quarter Farm,hut circle 220m WNW of

A Scheduled Monument in Mid Galloway and Wigtown West, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9767 / 54°58'36"N

Longitude: -4.8392 / 4°50'21"W

OS Eastings: 218392

OS Northings: 568362

OS Grid: NX183683

Mapcode National: GBR 41.XN02

Mapcode Global: WH2S3.M5TN

Entry Name: Quarter Farm,hut circle 220m WNW of

Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4787

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

Description

The monument is a hut circle of the Bronze Age or Iron Age situated on the SW flank of Barleoch Hill. It is scooped into the hill-slope and measures 8m in internal diameter within a wall 1.5m thick and 0.2m high. The area to be scheduled includes the hut circle and an area around it within which traces of activity associated with its use may be found. It measures 30m in diameter, centred on the monument, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a hut circle of the Bronze Age or Iron Age which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric settlement in the area. It is of particular importance because of the survival of a number of other sites of similar date and function in the vicinity; the study of this group has the potential to increase greatly our knowledge of the development and organisation of the prehistoric landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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