Court Hillock, Upper Auchenreath
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Court Hillock, Upper Auchenreath
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 16948
Site Number NJ36SE 9
NGR NJ 3815 6300
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Bellie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ36SE 9 3815 6300.
(NJ 3814 6300) Court Hillock (NAT)
OS 6"map, (1971)
A small, circular, artificial mound of earth and stones, traditionally said to have been a seat of justice.
Name Book 1870.
Court Hillock, a cairn measuring about 18.0m in diameter and 0.8 m height, is situated in a cultivated field, and spread by ploughing. The farmer at Upper Auchenreath reports that the mound is nearly all stones, a quantity of which he has removed in recent years.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 13 May 1971.
Cairn, Court Hillock: Photographed by the RCAHM in 1977.
Visible on RCAHMS air photograph MO 1433-4: RCAHMS AP catalogue 1977, 13.
This cairn is situated in a cultivated field at an altitude of about 30m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/36.
