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Latitude: 56.3897 / 56°23'22"N
Longitude: -3.7393 / 3°44'21"W
OS Eastings: 292716
OS Northings: 723293
OS Grid: NN927232
Mapcode National: GBR 1L.1KWF
Mapcode Global: WH5P2.JNLG
Entry Name: New Fowlis,cairn and standing stone 90m N of the crossroads
Scheduled Date: 20 February 1930
Last Amended: 18 May 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1573
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary)
Location: Fowlis Wester
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Almond and Earn
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument is a well preserved prehistoric burial mound with a standing stone erected on the east flank.
The mound measures 37m in diameter and 3.5m high. The stone is 1.5m high. There is evidence in crop growth of the existence of a ditch around the mound.
The area to be scheduled, to include the area of the possible ditch, measures 50m E to W by 60m N to S, as marked in red on the attached
map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved burial mound which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is in addition important because an area of prehistoric land surface will be sealed beneath the mound; this might provide important information on early agriculture.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NN 92 SW 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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