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Gallow Hill

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Gallow Hill

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Gallowhill

Canmore ID 128325

Site Number NJ51NE 97

NGR NJ 5604 1587

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Alford
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ51NE 97 5604 1587

Stone [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1979.

This standing stone is situated in a cultivated field on the E flank of Gallow Hill 250m NW of Gallowhill farmsteading (NJ51NE 49); it measures 1.2m from N to S by 1.1m transversely and 1.85m in height. The stone is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lxii), but it was omitted from the 2nd edition of the map (1901, sheet lxii.NE).

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 25 October 1996.

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