Both Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Both Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 17335
Site Number NJ44SW 7
NGR NJ 44380 40867
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17335
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glass
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ44SW 7 4437 4091
(NJ 4437 4091) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map 1959.
A large, unnamed cairn of stones and earth similar to those at Cairnmore (NJ44SW 5 and NJ44SW 6 NJ44SE 11).
Name Book 1871.
A cairn of bare stones 18.5m in diameter and 2.0m high, partially robbed from the E and encroached upon by a ruinous modern stone wall in the S arc.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (ISS) 28 November 1972.
Field Visit (26 March 1990)
This cairn is set in a commanding position on the crest of Both Hill, with fine views eastwards down the Deveron valley towards Huntly; it measures about 17.5m in diameter by 1.8m in height and is crossed from E to W by an old field-dyke.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 26 March 1990.
