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Frendraught House

Mound (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Frendraught House

Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 18373

Site Number NJ64SW 9

NGR NJ 6210 4187

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Forgue
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ64SW 9 6210 4187.

(NJ 6210 4187) A small mound stands E of Frendraught House (NJ64SW 4). Its purpose is not known but it may have been a moot-hill. (Detail shown but not named on 6" OS map.)

W Temple 1887.

A turf-covered bowl-shaped mound 13.0m in diameter and 2.2m high. It has the appearance of being an ornamental landscape feature and may have been constructed for a flagstaff.

Visited by OS (ISS) 5 March 1973.

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