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Field Visit

Date 15 September 1952

Event ID 1111024

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1111024

NS68NE (all unnoted)

(1) 674873

(2) 676868

(3) 673866

The following three hut circles, each of which is defined by a low, grass-covered, stony bank, are situated in the vicinity of Todholes farmhouse. (1) [NS68NE 3] In rough pasture three-quarters of a mile N. of the farmhouse and 260 yds. NW. of the northernmost angle of a large rectangular sheepfold. It stands on a knoll, at a height of about 1100 ft. O.D., and measures 45 ft. in internal diameter. (2) {NS68NE 4] At a height of 780 ft. O.D., half a mile NNE. of the farmhouse and 360 yds. SSE. of the sheepfold referred to above. It measures about 30 ft. in internal diameter and has at some time been under the plough. (3) [NS68NE 5] On a little knoll (750 ft. O.D.) on the left bank of the aqueduct between the Endrick Water and Loch Walton, 610 yds. N. of the farmhouse. It measures about 45ft. in diameter internally and there is a gap some 15 ft. in width in the N. arc.

RCAHMS 1963, visited 15 September 1952.

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