Arran, Kilpatrick
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Arran, Kilpatrick
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Kilpatrick 3
Canmore ID 39619
Site Number NR92NW 11
NGR NR 90729 26324
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilmory
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NR92N 11 9072 2633
(NR 9072 2633) Hut Circle (NR)
OS 6" map, (1924).
This hut circle, 42ft in diameter, has no entrance visible.
J A Balfour 1910.
Hut circle, measuring overall 11.0m N-S by 10.0m E-W. The E edge is marked by a line of orthostats.
Information from MS DoE Arran Field Survey, 1976, 20 (16)
NR 9072 2633. A hut circle on a gentle W-facing slope at 250ft OD. It comprises a peat and stone bank up to 3.5m wide and 0.5 high, enclosing a level featureless interior 9.0m in overall diameter. The 'orthostats' along the E edge, where the bank is largely denuded, are internal retaining stones of 0.7m maximum height. There is a 2.0m wide entrance in the S side.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J R L), 19 October 1977.
Note (28 November 2018)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
HES Survey and Recording 28 November 2018
