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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gallows Hill (The Hanging Stone)Country: Scotland
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County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: NJ9211465539
Latitude: 57.679637N Longitude: 2.133894W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Aberdeenshire
The monument is known locally as The Hanging Stone and comprises a standing stone of prehistoric date, visible as an upstanding monument. The monument is situated within pasture on the summit of Gallows Hill at about 70m OD. The standing stone sits at the junction of three stone dyke field boundaries, which are built around it, and comprises a large oblong orthostat measuring c 2.3m high by c 0.6m square.
The monument probably relates to ritual activity of Neolithic or Bronze Age date.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the standing stone and an area around it within which related material may be expected to be found. It is irregular in shape, with maximum dimensions of 3.5m N-S by 2.5m E-W as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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