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Latitude: 56.5553 / 56°33'19"N
Longitude: -3.2833 / 3°16'59"W
OS Eastings: 321214
OS Northings: 741105
OS Grid: NO212411
Mapcode National: GBR VB.3WSG
Mapcode Global: WH6PN.JHRH
Entry Name: Hills of Bendochy,burial mound 700m SE of
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4774
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Bendochy
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Blairgowrie and Glens
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument is a burial mound of the Neolithic period, some 4000 to 5000 years old, situated on the summit of a low ridge. It measures 37m in diameter and is c 5m high and seems to be undisturbed. The mound will cover burial structures and may have further burials dug into its surface. The mound will also cover a fragment of the contemporary ground surface. The area to be scheduled measures 60m in diameter, centred on the mound, to include the mound and an area around it in which traces of activity associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved burial mound which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial practices. It is of particular importance because the buried old ground surface may preserve evidence relating to prehistoric land use, in an area where such evidence hardly survives.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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