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Cairnpapple Hill

            One of the most important prehistoric sites on mainland Scotland, Cairnpapple was used as a burial and ceremonial site from about 3000 to 1400 BC. At about 310m or just over 1,000ft in height, the hill offers a fine viewpoint in central Scotland.  

In around 3000BC, our Neolithic ancestors built a henge here. This was made up of a circular ditch about 1m deep surrounded by an earth bank 1.2m high, probably intended to screen the interior from view. Within the ditch was a ring of 24 large wooden posts. The finished henge would have looked a little like the stone henge at the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney, but being less durable than stone the wooden posts have long since disappeared, leaving only the holes in which they stood.

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland (show map)

Taken on: June 1, 2016

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Cairnpapple

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Sets appears in: • West Lothian

Groups appears in: • Scotland • Rangefinder-forum more » • Graveyards, Cemeteries & Burial Places in Scotland. No 30/60 rul « less

Camera: Leica Camera AG M9 Digital Camera, 1/1500 sec, 35mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Leica Camera AG M9 Digital Camera
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1500)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Aperture 3.6
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