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Latitude: 57.5429 / 57°32'34"N
Longitude: -2.0919 / 2°5'30"W
OS Eastings: 394598
OS Northings: 850314
OS Grid: NJ945503
Mapcode National: GBR P86S.DBG
Mapcode Global: WH9NS.VN1W
Entry Name: Knapperty Hill,long cairn
Scheduled Date: 18 February 1964
Last Amended: 9 December 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM2382
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn
Location: Old Deer
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Central Buchan
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument is a long cairn of the Neolithic, 4000 to 5000 years old, situated near the summit of Knapperty Hill. Measuring 85m WNW-ESE by up to 22m overall, it is composed of soil and rounded stones. At each end are two projecting "horns", more pronounced at the eastern end. The monument was partly disturbed in the last century when cist burials were found. The cairn is larger than the current scheduled area. The area to be scheduled includes the cairn and an area around it within which traces of activity associated with its use may survive. The area is a rectangle measuring 100m by 40m, the SE corner of which touches the present field boundary, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a long cairn of the Neolithic which has the potential to increase considerably our understanding of Neolithic funerary and ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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