Both Hill
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Both Hill
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 17337
Site Number NJ44SW 9
NGR NJ 44020 40909
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17337
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glass
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Field Visit (28 November 1972)
NJ44SW 9 4401 4093
At NJ 4401 4093 is a turf-covered stony mound which probably represents a denuded cairn. It measures 11.0m in diameter and 0.6m high and has its centred hollowed. The N arc is overlaid by a ruinous hill dyke.
To the SE on the S slopes of Both Hill are a few widely scattered small stony heaps which may be clearance heaps.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 28 November 1972.
Field Visit (26 March 1990)
A probable cairn, situated on the W shoulder of Both Hill, measures about 11m in diameter by 0.7m in height with its centre dug into. An old stone dyke extends across the N side of the cairn.
None of the stony heaps previously described on the SE and S flanks of Both Hill could be identified. In those areas not obscured by gorse and heather several mounds of the sort created by wind-thrown trees can be seen, and some of these may have been mistaken for small cairns.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH), 26 March 1990.
