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Arran, Tormore

Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Site Name Arran, Tormore

Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Machrie Moor; Crochandoon

Canmore ID 39721

Site Number NR93SW 25

NGR NR 90243 31490

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilmory
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cunninghame
  • Former County Buteshire

Archaeology Notes (September 1977)

NR93SW 25 9024 3149.

(NR 9025 3149) Hut Circle (NR).

OS 6" map, Buteshire, (1924)

A heather-covered hut circle with an entrance on the east side.

Information from DoE Arran field survey (1976), no. 39 (27).

Information from OS (TRG) 17 September 1977.

NMRS, MS/861/13.

NR 9024 3149. An oval hut circle situated in flat open moorland. It is 11.0m NW-SE by 13.0m between centres of the bank spread to 4.0m and 0.8m high. There is a 1.5m wide entrance in the SW with a single orthostat on its east side. There is no evidence of agricultural activity in the vicinity.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (T R G) 28 September 1977.

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Note (23 July 2018 - 24 July 2018)

The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.

HES Survey and Recording 23-24 July 2018.

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