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Castlehill
Cup Marked Stone (Bronze Age)
Site Name Castlehill
Classification Cup Marked Stone (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Califer Hill
Canmore ID 15782
Site Number NJ05NE 7
NGR NJ 0807 5687
NGR Description NJ 0807 5687 to NJ 0816 5690
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15782
- Council Moray
- Parish Rafford
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ05NE 7 from 0807 5687 to 0816 5690.
There is a large cup-marked boulder on Califer Hill, near the Blue Cairn (NJ05NE 6, at NJ 0798 5683).
H B Mackintosh 1924
A cup-marked boulder about 10 to 12 feet long originally lay about 100 yards up the hill from the 'Blue Cairn' in the area centred at NJ 0807 5687. As it was an obstacle to ploughing, it was broken up and moved by Mr Fraser c.1955, to the yard of a ruined house at NJ 0816 5690, where is now lies under a large pile of stones (Mr J Fraser, Rafford, Morayshire).
Visited by OS (RD) 9 August 1965
Reference (1924)
There is a large cup-marked boulder on Califer Hill, near the Blue Cairn (NJ05NE 6, at NJ 0798 5683).
H B Mackintosh 1924
Field Visit (9 August 1965)
A cup-marked boulder about 10 to 12 feet long originally lay about 100 yards up the hill from the 'Blue Cairn' in the area centred at NJ 0807 5687. As it was an obstacle to ploughing, it was broken up and moved by Mr Fraser c.1955, to the yard of a ruined house at NJ 0816 5690, where is now lies under a large pile of stones (Mr J Fraser, Rafford, Morayshire).
Visited by OS (RD) 9 August 1965