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Kirtlehead ring ditch house, located approximately 1150 metres north of Kirtlehead in Dumfriesshire, is a prehistoric domestic structure whose earthwork remains comprise a circular or oval ditch enclosing a habitation platform. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a domestic settlement type characteristic of second-millennium BCE settlement patterns in southern Scotland. Ring ditch houses of this period functioned as the primary residential structures of farming communities, with the encircling ditch serving practical purposes including drainage and demarcation of domestic space. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement distribution and domestic architecture in the Border region.
Kirtlehead, ring ditch house 1150m N of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12720. View the official record →
Kirtlehead ring ditch house, located approximately 1150 metres north of Kirtlehead in Dumfriesshire, is a prehistoric domestic structure whose earthwork remains comprise a circular or oval ditch enclosing a habitation platform. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12720.
Kirtlehead, ring ditch house 1150m N 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 SM12720.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Callisterhall,farmstead 400m NNE of (2.5 km), Birrens Hill, enclosure and farmstead 750m W of Carruthers (3.7 km), Minsca, settlement 295m WNW of (5.3 km).
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