Likeleys Hill
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Likeleys Hill
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) North Nib
Canmore ID 16989
Site Number NJ40NW 15
NGR NJ 4315 0517
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16989
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Logie-coldstone
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ40NW 15 4315 0517.
(NJ 4315 0517) Oval mound shown, about 70.0m long 25.0m wide, orientated NE-SW.
Information from A C O'Dell to OS, 28 October 1953 and MS from A Ogston.
The western end of Likelys Hill shows a beautiful little redoubt of large blocks of stone arranged in a circle, and a line of wall commencing near it and extending for a little distance southwards towards the quarry (NJ 4350 0495).
A Ogston 1931.
No trace in a cultivated field.
Visited by OS (A A) 4 September 1968.
This monument is situated on a gentle SW-facing slope at an altitude of 192m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/44.
Nothing is visible of this mound, and its site lies in what is now a cultivated field about 150m WSW of North Nib.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 1 March 2000.
