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Torrax Hill Wood

Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Torrax Hill Wood

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Torrax

Canmore ID 157488

Site Number NO25NE 39

NGR NO 2643 5582

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Lintrathen
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO25NE 39 2643 5582

(Name cited as Torrax). The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a grass-covered stony mound in rough pasture at around 260m OD. It comprises a roughly circular cairn measuring about 10m in diameter and standing to a height of about 0.5m. One orthostat measuring about 1.1m in height protrudes from the south side of the cairn.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 3 November 1999.

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