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Uncover the Mysterious Ancient secrets of the Hill of Airlie and The Barmkyn + Stone Circle.Keig

The monument lies at the summit of the Hill of Airlie, 280m above sea level, which is now within the Wood of Northkeig. The hillfort consists of a stony bank, measuring 8m thick by 1m high, with an internal platform c. 30m in diameter. This platform leaves the impression of an internal ditch running round the circumference of the bank with a width of 8m. There is clear evidence of an entrance to the SE, around 2m wide, and some have suggested possible facing stones on the WNW and WSW of the external bank. The outer bank would have formed a thick stone wall or rampart and it is likely that the edge of the inner platform would have formed a second stone wall, although only the occasional stone protruding through the heather is now visible. A low, overgrown cairn is also evident to the S of the interior of the hillfort. It measures 8m by 6.5m and 0.2m in height and is surmounted by a modern marker cairn. Hillforts are fortified sites of Iron Age date. Beyond this definition the variation in types and periods is wide. Some were settlements whilst others appear only to have been occupied seasonally or in times of strife. Others believe hillforts were used to pen in cattle, horses, or other domesticated animals. In this part of Aberdeenshire many of the known hillforts are of a distinct local type which have one or two heavy, ruinous walls and are almost circular in plan. The Barmkyn obviously belongs to this type.