Aberdeenshire HER - NO88SE0002 - GALLOW HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO88SE0002
Name	GALLOW HILL
NMRS Card No.	NO88SE4
NMRS Numlink	37011
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a cairn, now mutilated. It is a mound with no visible ditch around it. Human remains were found while planting trees a number of years ago. In the southwest quadrant is a concrete block, sunk flush with the ground, marking a survey station.
Last Update	31/05/2022

National Grid Reference: NO 8644 8486

Easting: 364470, Northing: 828520

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type
1905	Field Observation

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS		REMAINS OF	A	100
BONES	HUMAN	SITE OF	B	100
STATIONS	SURVEY		C	100

Google Map for NO88SE0002

National Status

National Status
Scheduled (under AM + Arch Area Act 1979)

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
PRI	Private Individual	Ground	Digital	08/07/2014
CS	FC SMR DUN002	Ground

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No6(1865) 46
01885	S KINC LIST					EDINBURGH	No38

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Dunnottar
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	57
Geology
Topography	Mound
Aspect 1	N,S
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Mixed Woodland
Vegetation
Soil Type	4sg
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter	15.5
Length
Width
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC)	A	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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