Skelmuir Hill is a landform in
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland
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. This is the location of a
trig point
A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity. The nomenclature varies regionally: they a ...
or official government survey marker. Skelmuir Hill is the site of some ancient standing stones; it is in the vicinity of another ancient monument,
Catto Long Barrow
Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn near the village of Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973. Description
Cairn Catto is located southeast of Longside, in Aberde ...
.
[C.M. Hogan, 2008]
See also
*
Laeca Burn
Laeca Burn is a stream in northeastern Aberdeenshire, Scotland. There are numerous archaeological sites in the Laeca Burn watershed, "especially on the eastern side of Laeca Burn", where Catto Long Barrow is situated.C.M. Hogan, 2008
See also ...
Line notes
References
* Geograph British Isles (2008
* C. Michael Hogan (2008
''Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian
Mountains and hills of Aberdeenshire
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