<< Text Pages >> Gallows Knowe - Round Barrow(s) in Scotland in Angus
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gallows KnoweCountry: Scotland County: Angus Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Monstrose
Map Ref: NO670595
Latitude: 56.725993N Longitude: 2.540873W
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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cosmic visited on 1st Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 2 Access: 3 Fenced off area on right hand side of main drive up to House of Dun. Information posts up drive way describe its use as site for a gallows but Canmore lists as possible burial cairn.
Pictish burial mound.
Canmore ID 35682
Associated with a possible recumbent stone circle - Canmore ID 338880
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