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Gallowhill,stone circle 130m north east of

A Scheduled Monument in Strathmore, Perth and Kinross

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.5091 / 56°30'32"N

Longitude: -3.3532 / 3°21'11"W

OS Eastings: 316814

OS Northings: 736051

OS Grid: NO168360

Mapcode National: GBR V8.CYRT

Mapcode Global: WH6PT.GNGC

Entry Name: Gallowhill,stone circle 130m NE of

Scheduled Date: 30 July 1992

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5408

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring

Location: Cargill

County: Perth and Kinross

Electoral Ward: Strathmore

Traditional County: Perthshire

Description

The monument is a stone circle of the later Neolithic or Bronze Age situated at the SW end of Strelitz Wood.

The circle consists of three very large fallen stones, one of which has been split in two by a charge placed in a drilled hole. One of the stones sits on the boundary between the plantation and the field to the SW.

The area to be scheduled, which includes the stones and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use will be found, is a circle 30m in diameter, as marked in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a stone circle of the later Neolithic or Bronze Age with good field characteristics which has the potential to add to our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as NO13NE 20.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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