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Glenwhan Moor is a hut circle situated 840 metres north of Old Hall Farm in Wigtownshire, Scotland. The monument represents a domestic settlement, likely dating to the Iron Age or early medieval period, when such structures formed the core of rural communities across southwest Scotland. The hut circle survives as an archaeological record of ancient domestic life on these upland moorlands.
The site lies on challenging bedrock of the Portpatrick and Glenwhargen Formations, undifferentiated wacke deposits laid down during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician era. These hard, metamorphic rocks would have presented significant obstacles to construction, yet their presence shaped the landscape and available building materials that early inhabitants exploited when establishing their settlement.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM3842, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of past settlement patterns and land use in this part of Wigtownshire. Such hut circles, when examined across the region, contribute to understanding how communities adapted to the marginal moorland environment and organised their domestic and farming activities in pre-modern Scotland.
Glenwhan Moor,hut circle 840m N of Old Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3842. View the official record →
Glenwhan Moor is a hut circle situated 840 metres north of Old Hall Farm in Wigtownshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3842.
Glenwhan Moor,hut circle 840m N of Old Hall Farm 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 SM3842.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Droughdool Mote, ritual mound (3.3 km), Unenclosed settlement, 1180m SE of Mark (4.3 km), Mark Cottage, palisaded enclosure 1010m SE of (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Glenwhan Moor,hut circle 840m N of Old Hall Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Glenwhan Moor,hut circle 840m N of Old Hall Farm stands on Portpatrick Formation And Glenwhargen Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is wacke.