Robin's Height
Earthwork(S) (Medieval)(Possible), Inscribed Stone(S) (Medieval)
Site Name Robin's Height
Classification Earthwork(S) (Medieval)(Possible), Inscribed Stone(S) (Medieval)
Canmore ID 17742
Site Number NJ53NE 8
NGR NJ 5644 3880
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17742
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Drumblade
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Field Visit (28 September 1961)
No entrenchments or inscribed stones are to be seen at or near the site. No evidence of a camp was found.
Visited by OS (EGC) 28 September 1961.
Desk Based Assessment (1961)
NJ53NE 8 5644 3880.
(NJ 5644 3879) Camp (NR) (Site of) AD 1307.
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1928)
On top of Robin's Height there used to be '..large stones, with inscriptions on them, now all broken down and carried away...'
Statistical Account (OSA) 1791-9.
At one time there were immense masses of large stones, some inscribed, at the foot of Robin's Height. Some years ago entrenchments were visible on the Heights which have been described variously as Roman and Mediaeval.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
This is the camp to which Bruce is alleged to have been brought when sick, in 1308.
A Jervise 1875-9.
During the Battle of Slioch (December 1307) Bruce lay ill at Sliach, in the parish of Drumblade, in a camp which his followers had formed and entrenched.
Aberdeen Journal Notes & Queries 1911; W Watt 1900.
Information from OS, c. 1961.
