Gallow Hill

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Gallow Hill

The cup-and-ring markings Gallow Hill A + B ( German  "Galgenhügel" ) are located in an outcrop and a boulder northwest of Tealing in Angus in Scotland .

The cups and ring marks from Gallow Hill A. are located on a flat boulder as part of a north-south oriented embankment. You have 16 bowls ( English cups ), two of which are surrounded.

Gallow Hill B's cups and ring tags lie on a flat sandstone rock . There are 16 bowls. Two bowls with triple rings merge into one another. A bowl with three oval rings surrounds a rondel with two bowls.

literature

  • Evan Hadingham: Ancient Carvings in Britain. A mystery. Garnstone Press, London 1974, ISBN 0-85511-391-X .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 33 '8.6 "  N , 2 ° 59" 20.8 "  W.