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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Battle Hill DolmenCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Huntly
Map Ref: NJ542401
Latitude: 57.448884N Longitude: 2.764786W
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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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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