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Castle Hills is a prehistoric burial site located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, comprising multiple interment features dating to the Bronze Age. The site contains cairns and associated burial structures characteristic of early Bronze Age ritual and funerary practice in northeast Scotland. Castle Hills forms part of the significant distribution of Bronze Age burial monuments across Aberdeenshire, reflecting patterns of settlement and ceremonial land use during the second millennium before Christ. The site contributes important evidence to understanding funerary practices and social organisation in prehistoric Scotland.
Castle Hills, burial sites is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11148. View the official record →
Castle Hills is a prehistoric burial site located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, comprising multiple interment features dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11148.
Castle Hills, burial sites 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 SM11148.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rebel Hill, burial site (0.2 km), Dundarg Castle, fort and castle (2.5 km), St Drostan's, Old Aberdour Kirk and burial ground (2.8 km).
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