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Castle O'er Forest, Allangillfoot

Hut Circle (prehistoric)

What is recorded here

Castle O'er Forest, Allangillfoot holds a prehistoric hut circle, meaning people built a small dwelling there before written history began. The round stone edge may have marked a home, a shelter or a temporary camp, but the living part has vanished. What remains is a ghost of domestic life, buried under forest growth and time.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle O'er Forest, Allangillfoot as Hut Circle (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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