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Double Craigs hut circle is a prehistoric domestic settlement in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The structure represents the type of dwelling inhabited during the Iron Age or Bronze Age, when communities across Scotland occupied small circular or sub-circular stone-built houses. Such settlements were typically occupied seasonally or permanently depending on the availability of local resources and subsistence patterns of the period.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Strathclyde Group, sedimentary rocks formed during the Visean period of the Carboniferous era. These geological foundations would have influenced both the building materials available to ancient inhabitants and the landscape's suitability for settlement, as the underlying geology determines soil composition and drainage characteristics critical to habitation and agriculture.
The hut circle survives as a landscape feature indicating the distribution and organisation of prehistoric communities across Stirlingshire. Such structures contribute to archaeological understanding of settlement patterns, construction methods and domestic life in ancient Scotland. Its formal protection recognises its significance as physical evidence of early Scottish occupation and building traditions.
Double Craigs,hut circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM608. View the official record →
Double Craigs hut circle is a prehistoric domestic settlement in Stirlingshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM608.
Double Craigs,hut circle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM608.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craigton,dun 460m N of (0.5 km), Fintry Castle, remains of (1.3 km), Fintry,motte 400m WSW of Fintry Bridge (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Double Craigs,hut circle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Double Craigs,hut circle stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.