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Gallow Hill is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Caithness, Scotland, dating to the Neolithic period. The monument comprises a long cairn structure with an internal chamber, representing a characteristic form of megalithic burial architecture distributed across northern Scotland during the fourth and third millennia before Christ. Such chambered cairns served as communal burial monuments and are significant indicators of Neolithic settlement patterns and ritual practice in the far north. The site is recorded under Historic Environment Scotland's designation SM483.
Gallow Hill,long cairns and chambered cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM483. View the official record →
Gallow Hill is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Caithness, Scotland, dating to the Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM483.
Gallow Hill,long cairns and chambered cairn dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairns and chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Gallow Hill,long cairns and chambered cairn 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 SM483.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Shean, cairn 500m WNW of Achanarras (6.3 km), Achies,broch 180m E of (6.7 km), St Magnus' church,burial ground and hospital (6.7 km).
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