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The Dasses

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<b>The Dasses</b>Posted by thesweetcheatImage © A. Brookes (10.10.10)
Nearest Town:Edinburgh (3km WNW)
OS Ref (GB):   NT27477326 / Sheet: 66
Latitude:55° 56' 48.5" N
Longitude:   3° 9' 41.35" W

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The mystery of the vanishing hut circles. From Canmore:

There is a row of six hut circles, varying in diameter from 16'-25', and occupying a space just under 50 yards in length, on the second highest of the Dasses.
Stevenson (1949) also notes another hut circle, 25'-30' in diameter, at the head of the lowest of the Dasses.
R B K Stevenson 1949; RCAHMS 1951.

A row of six hut circles with annexes, generally as described in previous information. The hut noted by Stevenson could not be located.
Visited by OS (S F S) 8 December 1975.

There is nothing to suggest the presence of a row of six hut-circles at this location. All that can now be seen are scatters of tumbled stones and boulders, some of which are earthfast.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 15 December 1998
NMRS, MS/726/96 (37-8, no. 12); RCAHMS 1999.
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
22nd December 2010ce