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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Battle Hill Dolmen
Country: Scotland
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County: Aberdeenshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Huntly
Map Ref: NJ542401
Latitude: 57.448884N  Longitude: 2.764786W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Cairn in Aberdeenshire

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) page gives the location together with the archaeology and history and folklore of this now destroyed cairn, which was described in 1929 by Dr H O Forbes as a 'dolmen-like monument' and 'a ruined druid's altar'. See the TNA entry for Battle Hill Dolmen, Huntly, Aberdeenshire.

There is no entry on Canmore for this cairn, although it lies near to the site of a battle between the Clans Gordon and Cummin in the 14th century, at NJ 5417 3985.

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The Battle Hill Prehistoric Landscape Project by Andy B on Tuesday, 03 October 2017
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Battle Hill, Huntly named after a daring raid in 1307 during the Scottish Wars of Independence contains a variety of unmapped prehistoric sites including Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age lithic scatters, a possible Iron Age hillfort and a 3000 year old upstanding hut circle as well as a potential Neolithic/Bronze Age cairn.

Hut-circles were built on what is now marginal land at a time when due to a slightly warmer climate it was possible to farm for longer and on poorer ground. As the climate worsened the houses were abandoned and gradually collapsed leaving tell-tale circular mounds 10-15 m in diameter. Avoided by subsequent farmers who built and farmed around them, the remains eventually became preserved within the forest itself. Hillforts are elite Iron Age settlements often surrounded by banks, ditches and palisades, found in prominent locations such as Battle Hill.

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