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Gallows Hill Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 460 metres south-south-east of Mains of Lesmoir in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The cairn represents a form of burial structure typical of the Bronze Age period in northeast Scotland, erected as a communal or individual sepulchre and likely dating to the second millennium BC. Such cairns served as enduring markers of the landscape and signified the social status and ritual observances of their builders. The monument is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland database under the designation SM11576.
Gallows Hill Cairn, 460m SSE of Mains of Lesmoir is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11576. View the official record →
Gallows Hill Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 460 metres south-south-east of Mains of Lesmoir in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM11576.
Gallows Hill Cairn, 460m SSE of Mains of Lesmoir 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 SM11576.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nether Wheedlemont,stone circle 80m NNE of (1.3 km), Currach Cottage, hut circles 330m NE of (1.6 km), Cnoc Cailliche, fort 360m WSW of Upper Wheedlemont (1.7 km).
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