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Larg

Enclosure (Prehistoric) - (Medieval)

Site Name Larg

Classification Enclosure (Prehistoric) - (Medieval)

Canmore ID 88936

Site Number NX45NE 40

NGR NX 4890 5824

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkmabreck
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Activities

Field Visit (23 March 1994)

NX45NE 40 4890 5824

On a rise to the N of a dyke about 700m E of Larg, there is a circular enclosure which measures 11m in diameter within a low turf-wall spread to 1.2m in thickness. A turf-walled pen or bothy has been built in the W side of the interior, measuring 6.5m from NW to SE by 6.2m transversely over banks spread to 2m in thickness by 0.25m in height, with gaps on the NW and SE.

(Cree94 169)

Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 23 March 1994

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