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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Huly Hill CairnCountry: Scotland County: Midlothian Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Edinburgh Nearest Village: Newbridge
Map Ref: NT1234272610 Landranger Map Number: 65
Latitude: 55.938520N Longitude: 3.40486W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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MegalithJunkie saw from a distance - their rating: Amb: 3 Access: 4
DrewParsons have visited here
It should be classified as a tumulus / barrow as it is composed chiefly of earth. It is enclosed by a modern wall, some 30m in diameter and rises to a height of 3m.
The three Huly Hill standing stones -- named A, B and C -- immediately adjacent, may be the remains of a stone circle around the tumulus. "A" is 53m east of the cairn and stands about 1.3m high, though appears to have been broken; "B" is 49m south west of the cairn and 2m high; and "C" is 31m north west of the cairn and 2m high.
On an industrial estate 320m to the east of the tumulus, east of the motorway, stands "Stone D", which is 3m high -- this could be an outlier of the monument or simply a separate standing stone.
The Canmore record for Canmore site no. 50795 gives details for both the standing stones and the cairn.
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