Cairnpapple sits in the Bathgate Hills, high above Linlithgow. At the top of the hill, an ancient stone circle was built 4000 years ago by the beaker
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Dougie Milne Photography / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5382 x 3583 px | 45.6 x 30.3 cm | 17.9 x 11.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
6 February 2018Location:
Unnamed Road, Bathgate EH48, UKMore information:
Cairnpapple sits in the Bathgate Hills, high above Linlithgow. At the top of the hill, an ancient stone circle was built 4000 years ago by the beaker people. It is considered to be the most important archaeological site in mainland Scotland. In the centre of the circle, following excavation work in 1947, a hollow concrete bunker replaced the solid earth and stone cairn that was originally in place, and which covered the body of someone who is presumed to have been a very powerful figure. Inside the concrete bunker, the grave has been reconstructed. The circular pit in the foreground contained cremated remains dating back to around 2700BC. Finds in the pit included a stone axe from the neolithic "factory" at Great Langdale in Cumbria.