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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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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes (1973 - 1977)

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.

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Note (28 November 2018)

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

HES Survey and Recording 28 November 2018

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