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Latitude: 57.506 / 57°30'21"N
Longitude: -2.5474 / 2°32'50"W
OS Eastings: 367295
OS Northings: 846334
OS Grid: NJ672463
Mapcode National: GBR N82W.FQM
Mapcode Global: WH8MM.VL3N
Entry Name: Backhill of Drachlaw, stone circle
Scheduled Date: 16 June 1927
Last Amended: 9 November 2000
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM335
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring
Location: Inverkeithny
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Turriff and District
Traditional County: Banffshire
The monument comprises a stone circle approximately 160m west of Backhill of Drachlaw Farm. The monument was scheduled in 1927, but the original scheduling documentation is missing and the area inadequately defined. The monument is being rescheduled to clarify the extent of the protected area.
The monument consists of a small circle of 6 upright stones, with two others that may have come from two larger gaps in the circumference.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 30m in diameter centred on the circle, to include the remains of the stone circle 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
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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