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Latitude: 56.8858 / 56°53'8"N
Longitude: -2.3019 / 2°18'6"W
OS Eastings: 381702
OS Northings: 777202
OS Grid: NO817772
Mapcode National: GBR XF.GTXK
Mapcode Global: WH8QV.M622
Entry Name: Montgoldrum,cairns & hut circle 400m E of
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4754
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (
Location: Arbuthnott
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Mearns
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument comprises the remains of at least 6 burial cairns and a
hut circle on the top of Montgoldrum Hill. The largest cairn measures 18.5m in diameter and 0.7m high. About 18m to the SW a second cairn, known as "The Camp", measures 17.8m in diameter; it has been severely robbed. To the NNE of "The Camp" is a line of 3 low cairns. A
further low cairn lies immediately to the NW. The hut circle lies to
the E of the cairns; it measures c10.5m in diameter, crest to crest, defined by a turf covered wall c 0.2m high. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 135m E to W by 80m N to S, as marked in red on
the attached map, to include the cairns and the hut circle and an
area around them in which traces of activity associated with their construction and use may survive; the modern fence bounding the area
to the S is specifically excluded from the scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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