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East Biggs hut circles are a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement site situated 800 metres east-south-east of East Biggs in Perthshire, Scotland. The monument comprises the remains of multiple circular domestic dwellings, whose stone foundations are still visible across the landscape. Such hut circles represent one of Scotland's most enduring forms of prehistoric and early historic settlement, with communities occupying similar structures over many centuries.
The site rests upon ancient mafic lava and tuff of Silurian to Devonian age, bedrock formed during intense volcanic activity in Scotland's geological past. This underlying geology has weathered to create the moorland terrain characteristic of upland Perthshire, providing both stone for construction and grazing land that attracted early farming communities to this locality. The hut circles themselves would have housed extended family groups engaged in stock-rearing and subsistence agriculture.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument under reference SM7586, reflecting its importance to understanding settlement patterns in prehistoric central Scotland. The survival of multiple structures at this location indicates sustained human occupation and offers valuable evidence for the distribution of early communities across the Perthshire landscape, where similar hut circle settlements can be found at various elevations across the moorland.
East Biggs, hut circles 800m ESE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7586. View the official record →
East Biggs hut circles are a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement site situated 800 metres east-south-east of East Biggs in Perthshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7586.
East Biggs, hut circles 800m ESE of 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 SM7586.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Banheath, farmstead and cultivation remains 1050m SSW of (2.7 km), Rhynd, enclosed settlement 600m ENE of (3.6 km), The Roundel,burial mound 400m S of Greenloaning Farm (4.5 km).
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East Biggs, hut circles 800m ESE of stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.