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