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Latitude: 55.0044 / 55°0'15"N
Longitude: -4.8915 / 4°53'29"W
OS Eastings: 215176
OS Northings: 571578
OS Grid: NX151715
Mapcode National: GBR GH9H.25V
Mapcode Global: WH2RW.TGXY
Entry Name: Knockglass Rees, hut circle 1870m ENE of Dalnigap
Scheduled Date: 28 February 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6883
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 is situated on a low knoll in moorland at around 190m OD. It comprises a hut circle measuring about 8m in internal diameter. Its walls survive as a bank measuring about 2.3m wide by about 0.4m in height, with a probable outer facing-stone visible on the WSW. The entrance is on the SE. Hut circles such as this 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 35m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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