Ord Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ord Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ord Farm
Canmore ID 17176
Site Number NJ42NE 16
NGR NJ 4837 2711
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17176
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Auchindoir And Kearn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ42NE 16 4837 2711.
(NJ 4837 2711) Stone Cist found (NAT)
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1902)
A small cist, containing skeletal remains, found in clearing a cairn near Ord Hill by a tenant of Ord Farm circa 1846.
Name Book 1866.
No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 2 October 1967.
This heavily-robbed cairn is situated 470m W of Upper Ord steading (NJ42NE 113), at the SW end of Ord Hill, a low, but prominent ridge aligned NE and SW. The cairn has been reduced to little more than a stony rim measuring about 10m in overall diameter; on the SE, where it is best preserved, the rim of cairn material measures about 2.4m in thickness and 0.4m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF, JRS), 24 May 1996.
