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High Croach, hut circle 650m east of

A Scheduled Monument in Stranraer and the Rhins, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.972 / 54°58'19"N

Longitude: -4.996 / 4°59'45"W

OS Eastings: 208338

OS Northings: 568262

OS Grid: NX083682

Mapcode National: GBR GH1K.N9G

Mapcode Global: WH2S1.7967

Entry Name: High Croach, hut circle 650m E of

Scheduled Date: 30 November 2000

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7391

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse

Location: Inch

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Description

The monument comprises a hut circle of prehistoric date. Hut circles were substantial domestic buildings and usually date from the first millennium BC.

The monument lies on a small terrace on a west-facing hillslope at around 185m OD, where it looks out towards the valley of the Claddy House Burn to the W, and Loch Ryan to the S. The stone walls of the building are visible as a roughly circular grass-covered bank up to 3m wide by approximately 0.3m high with an entrance in the SE. The walls enclose an internal area about 7m wide.

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 30m, 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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