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Latitude: 57.2212 / 57°13'16"N
Longitude: -2.8978 / 2°53'52"W
OS Eastings: 345883
OS Northings: 814853
OS Grid: NJ458148
Mapcode National: GBR M96M.WSM
Mapcode Global: WH7MP.GRBJ
Entry Name: Cairn Fichlie, cairn, Glaschul Hill
Scheduled Date: 30 May 1961
Last Amended: 29 March 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM9
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Towie
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument comprises the remains of a cairn, located at approximately 360 OD immediately to the northeast of the summit of Glaschul Hill. This monument was scheduled in 1961, but the original scheduling inadequately defined the area. The monument is being rescheduled to clarify the extent of the protected area.
The cairn is roughly circular in shape, approximately 23m in diameter and 2.5m high.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 50m in diameter centred on the cairn, to include the remains of the cairn and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive, as shown in red on the attached map extract. The boundary fence adjacent to the forestry plantation to the northwest is excluded from the scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as the substantial remains of a prehistoric cairn. Although apparently damaged by investigation in antiquity, it has the potential to provide important information about prehistoric ritual activity in this area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NJ 41 SE 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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