<< Our Photo Pages >> High Moor Hut Circle - Misc. Earthwork in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: High Moor Hut CircleCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Newton Stewart Nearest Village: Port William
Map Ref: NX29485024
Latitude: 54.817914N Longitude: 4.655447W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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markj99 visited on 3rd Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 High Moor Hut Circle is easily accessible via a farm track off the B7005. See comment on site page for details.
High Moor Hut Circle is a circular grassy footprint in rough pasture c. 5 miles NNW of Port William in Dumfries and Galloway. The hut circle is located c. 70 yards W of Corwall Farm track, c. 0.5 mile S of the B7005.
Usually, when I am searching for a hut circle, I seem to spend 30 minutes grid searching moorland without success. High Moor Hut Circle is a glorious exception to the norm. Heading S from Brae Moor Cairn I spotted my quarry from 100 yards away.
High Moor Hut Circle measures c. 33 feet in diameter and up to 1.5 feet high. There is only one substantial stone on the perimeter, an upright stone c. 1.5 feet high, in the S Arc. The SW Arc of the circle has been obscured by gorse bushes. The probable entrance is a gap in the bank, measuring c. 3 feet wide, in the SE Arc according to Canmore ID 62228. The interior of High Moor Hut Circle is flat and featureless.
Brae Moor Cairn is located c. 200 yards NNE of High Moor Hut Circle.
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