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Cotton Hill

Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Cotton Hill

Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 17981

Site Number NJ56SW 13

NGR NJ 52 62

NGR Description NJ c. 52 62

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Deskford
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ56SW 13 c. 52 62.

A great many cairns lay on Cotton Hill, one mile south of Birkenbog and not far frrom Gaul Cross (Pennant 1774). These cairns have all disappeared since 1871, and their sites are no longer recognisable (Cramond 1897).

T Pennant 1774; W Cramond 1897.

No further information was found regarding these cairns during field investigation.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 September 1961.

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