Not far from Edinburgh’s airport is this prehistoric site, which includes the remains of a cairn, along with standing stones. They have been dated to around the 25th century B.C., the United Kingdom’s transition from the Iron to the Bronze Age. This makes the Huly Hill roughly contemporary with Stonehenge, but more recent than other sites, such as Skara Brae on Scotland’s Orkney Islands. Animal bones have been excavated from inside the cairn, although evidence of human burials has been found nearby. In particular, the site of a 2001 construction…
