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Latitude: 57.2294 / 57°13'45"N
Longitude: -2.34 / 2°20'24"W
OS Eastings: 379568
OS Northings: 815458
OS Grid: NJ795154
Mapcode National: GBR XB.7BVK
Mapcode Global: WH8P3.0KZ7
Entry Name: Tuach Hill, stone circle and enclosure 130m SW of Gallow Top
Scheduled Date: 31 August 1925
Last Amended: 29 August 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM50
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
Location: Kintore
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: East Garioch
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument comprises a scoop in the SW facing hillside, overlooking a long burial mound, bounded by an enclosing ditch with an external bank. Within the enclosed area are the remains of a stone circle or setting; only one stone is now upright. The enclosed area measures 7.3m across within the ditch, which is c. 3.6m wide. Antiquarian digging in the 19th century revealed traces of human burial.
The area to be scheduled is a wedge shape, bounded by the field fences (which are specifically excluded from the scheduling) on the S and E, measuring a maximum of 40m SW-NE and 48m NW-SE, to include the visible remains and any other traces of the use of the site that may survive in the area, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a ceremonial and burial monument of the prehistoric period. It is possibly a henge monument. Its siting and characteristics are very unusual, and, in an area where few henges survive it has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of later Neolithic and early Bronze Age ceremonial and burial activity.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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