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Latitude: 56.8822 / 56°52'55"N
Longitude: -2.3371 / 2°20'13"W
OS Eastings: 379557
OS Northings: 776805
OS Grid: NO795768
Mapcode National: GBR XB.Z5JQ
Mapcode Global: WH8QV.28DW
Entry Name: Hillhead,long cairn 320m SW of Upper Craighill
Scheduled Date: 6 July 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4534
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn
Location: Arbuthnott
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Mearns
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument is a burial cairn of the period 4000 to 3000 BC. Oriented ENE-WSW, it is 50m long and 1.8m high. It is 22m across at the ENE end and 12m wide at the WSW end. It is crossed by a trench near its middle but is otherwise in good condition. The area to be scheduled measures 70m (ENE-WSW) x 30m transversely and includes an area in which traces of activities associated with use of the cairn will survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is an excellent example of a Neolithic long burial cairn, and because it has the potential to increase our understanding of Neolithic burial practices and of the vegetation and land use of the surrounding area at the time it was built.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NO 77 NE 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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