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Summarises features of this defencive monument including incomplete status when abandoned in prehistoric times.
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Professional journal article by Derek Alexander published in the Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland, regarding the finds at Spurryhillock. Some of the lithics recovered suggest the site was a factory for mesolithic blade manufacturing. Charcoal recovered has included some specimens traced to oak (quercus).
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Photo and some geometric parameters for the Catto monument.
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Listing and description of the Aillemore court tomb, including geometrics of the monument. There is also a description of the geographical setting of Aillemore sited on a ridge above the Bunsheenshough River valley.
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Color photo of the Cregduff Henge from a low altitude aerial view. Depicted are the concentric geometry, entrance, kerbstones and some internal stones.
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This site hosted by Google Books sets forth numerous megalithic monument descriptions including a writeup on page 377 regarding Cerrig y Gof. Rodney Castleden describes the uniqueness of the radial tomb design for this region of the Irish Sea area.
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Photographs, site plan and geometrics displayed of this triple walled, concentric cliff-top stone fort.
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The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland presents a 1902 snapshot of the Iskancullin megaliths (p285-6 in this Google Books website)
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Historic photograph of 1902 Cappaghkennedy Wedge Tomb. (Be sure to double click on the image for enlarged photo and also to reveal details of the historic photo.)
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Photograph of Ballymihil Wedge Tomb.
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Geometric descriptions and photographs of the Bohonagh Stone Circle. A brief discussion of cupmarks at this site is set forth.
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Official Aberdeenshire Council site characterising Bucharn Cairn. The site provides physical dimensions of this feature and some logistical information.
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Bell Knowe photograph by Pete Saunders along with geographic setting, with further link to site details.
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This book section has a good description of the Carlin Stone and an excellent drawing of the stone from the year 1903. Other context of the page features various megaliths in northeast Scotland.
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This is the official web record of the Royal Commission of Archaeological and Historical Monuments for the Ardlair site. Descriptions of the site are presented including standing stone and Pictish stone elements. Further embedded links to original drawings and photos, some dating as early as 1906 are provided.
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Summary of features of Gourdon Hill. This long cairn is composed of small rounded boulders and angular stones, covered with turf and whins. The cairn situated on the landform of Gourdon Hill measures 155 ft long by 40 ft wide at the ENE end and 25 ft at the WSW end; it measures as high as nine ft: the monument is much robbed
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Howe Harper is described as "a mound of small stones and earth, with an overall diameter of 63 to 65 ft and a height of at least 8 ft, formed from the upcast from a surrounding ditch up to 2.5 ft in depth." The mound is described as turf-covered and located in a prominent position on the lower slopes of Snaba Hill. Primary references for the site are given.
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On page 65 there is a description of the Cueva de la Viera including the passage and chamber.
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October, 2006 excavations are summarised with a precis of the earlier history of finds at Links of Noltland. Emphasis is placed upon risk of loss of site artifacts from continuing dunes and coastal erosion. The Bronze Age elements are characterised and placed in perspective to the earlier Neolithic settlement.
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This is an academic monograph of explorations of Mesolithic and Neolithic sites. Page 106 discusses excavations at Er-Grah, with emphasis upon the find of two domesticated cattle, which have been radiocarbon dated to sixth or fifth century BC. Indications are that these animals may have been sacrificed at this site.
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Physicist with a strong interest in archaeology. Most of professional work has been in the environmental sciences.
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