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Summary

Stone hut circle forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 600m ENE of Gartaven Ford. Diameter measures 4.8m. Rubble wall 1.5m wide, 0.4m high. A 170 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Attached to a short length of walling. Heather, grass and gorse.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and walling of a prehistoric chambered tomb, Bronze Age hut circle settlements and reave, and medieval and post medieval streamworks along the Gallaven Brook, west of Rippator
• Scheduled Monument 1019489: Stone hut circle settlement, cairnfield and field system 580m north east of Gartaven Ford

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/167/1/1
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/167/4
• Old SAM Ref: 22351

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152346 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(11/11/1999) SX63958875 Stone hut circle forming part of a stone hut circle settlement 600m ENE of Gartaven Ford. Diameter measures 4.8m. Rubble wall 1.5m wide, 0.4m high. A 170 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Attached to a short length of walling. Heather, grass and gorse.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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