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Fairfolk, a tumulus near the summit of Carmyllie Hill, in Carmyllie parish, Forfarshire. Popular superstition long regarded it as a favourite haunt of fairies. Part of it was, many years ago, thrown down, and found to contain a small brass ring and some fragments of bones.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a tumulus" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
Administrative units: | Carmyllie ScoP Angus ScoCnty |
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