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Latitude: 54.8748 / 54°52'29"N
Longitude: -5.0014 / 5°0'5"W
OS Eastings: 207528
OS Northings: 557462
OS Grid: NX075574
Mapcode National: GBR GH0T.RTN
Mapcode Global: WH2SF.4QNS
Entry Name: Little Lochans, ring-ditch house 410m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 16 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7370
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Inch
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument comprises the remains of a circular house of prehistoric date, visible as cropmarks on oblique aerial photographs.
The monument lies in arable farmland at around 25m OD. It comprises a circular ditched enclosure measuring about 8m in internal diameter, with the ditch about 2m wide. Ring-ditches such as these have been found on excavation to represent the remains of timber roundhouses of later prehistoric date.
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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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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