Hill Of Whitecross
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hill Of Whitecross
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 18983
Site Number NJ72SW 14
NGR NJ 7166 2255
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SW 14 7166 2255.
(NJ 7166 2255) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A large cairn of stones which has never been opened but part of which has been removed for dyke-building.
Name Book 1867.
All that remains at this site is an amorphous pile of stones about 4.5m in diameter and 0.5m high, with an earthfast block in the NE edge. A good position for a cairn but insufficient remains to classify.
Visited by OS (ISS) 17 July 1973.
No change to previous field report.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (FM) 17 August 1976.
On the date of visit, the remains of this cairn were masked by an impenetrable cover of whins. No measurements were taken.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 22 February 1996.
This cairn is situated at an altitude of 205m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/71.
