What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gallow Hill as Cairn (period Unassigned), Cist (period Unassigned), Standing Stone (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn and cist, possibly dating to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, associated with prehistoric burial and ritual practices in Scotland.
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Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0