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Latitude: 56.9243 / 56°55'27"N
Longitude: -2.4032 / 2°24'11"W
OS Eastings: 375557
OS Northings: 781517
OS Grid: NO755815
Mapcode National: GBR X8.C8CG
Mapcode Global: WH8QM.17X2
Entry Name: Droop Hill,cairns 1250m SW of Inches
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4778
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field clearance cairn, cairnfield; Prehistoric ritual and funera
Location: Glenbervie
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Mearns
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument is a group of at least 30 well preserved cairns
measuring between 1.5m and 6.5m across and up to 0.4m high. They have been formed by the clearing of ground for agriculture in prehistory; experience shows that the post holes of timber buildings may survive around or between them, and that a proportion of the cairns may
contain human burials. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum
of 360m NW to SE by 195m transversely, to include the cairns and an
area between and around them to include remains of activities
associated with their use, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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