Overhill
Gold Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Overhill
Classification Gold Mine (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 20312
Site Number NJ91NW 4
NGR NJ 940 176
NGR Description NJ c. 940 176
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Belhelvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ91NW 4 c. 940 176
'There is a gold mine, very rich, in a husband toun, called Overhill, in the parish of Belhelvie ... three fathoms, beneath the kyln, that is at the head of the In-town'. This mine is recorded in the reign of James V and again in 1683.
R W Cochran-Patrick 1878.
No trace of this gold mine was found on the date of visit.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 4 March 1996.
