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Loch Moraig

Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch House (Prehistoric)

Site Name Loch Moraig

Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric), Ring Ditch House (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 26397

Site Number NN96NW 4

NGR NN 9046 6722

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Blair Atholl
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NN96NW 4 9046 6722.

(NN 9055 6723) "Two hut-circles, 37ft and 39ft diameter, entrances south-south-west".

Information from M E C Stewart, 20 November 1962.

NN 9046 6722. These two hut circles are formed by earth banks now greatly reduced. The western circle, 8.5m in diameter, has a well- defined entrance in the south. The other, oval in shape, measures 9.0m NW-SE by 7.0m transversely, with a probable entrance in the SSE.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 September 1967

The W hut-circle is a ring-ditch house. The E hut-circle may also have a ring-ditch, but the remains are too slight to be certain.

Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 9 December 1998

Activities

Watching Brief (14 March 2022 - 2 December 2022)

NN 90539 67103 A walkover survey and watching brief was conducted between March and December 2022 for a car park in Glen Tilt. The site lying close to a number of recorded archaeological sites (NRHE Canmore ID: 26396, 26397, 147915). The walkover and the subsequent watching brief revealed no archaeological features or deposits to the development area.

Information from Stuart Farrell.

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