Stiddrig
Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Stiddrig
Classification Hut Circle (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Stidriggs
Canmore ID 66379
Site Number NY09NW 3
NGR NY 04033 98700
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66379
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-juxta
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY09NW 3 04033 98700
(Area: NY 0402 9872). On the moor about 100 yds to the S.W. of Stiddrig Cairn (NY09NW 4) there is the foundation of a hut circle consisting of a ring of boulders, projecting little above the ground level, some 5' in breadth and enclosing an area measuring 31' in diameter. The position of the entrance is not apparent.
RCAHMS 1920
NY 0404 9870. The remains of a hut circle measure 11.0m X 9.0, overall , the wall being 1.0m wide and 0.1m max. height. The north segment is covered by thick moorland grass and is scarcely traceable. No evidence of an entrance was found.
Visited by OS (W D J) 2 September 1959
This 'hut circle' - possibly a ring cairn - has been cut by forestry ploughing.
Visited by R C Callander, 25 April 1988.
Field Visit (29 August 1990)
NY09NW 3 04033 98700
This enclosure, possibly a hut-circle, has been cut by forestry ploughing. Circular on plan, it measures 12m in diameter over a wall of large boulders.
Visited by RCAHMS (SMF), 29 August 1990.
Listed as hut-circle.
RCAHMS 1997.
