Hilton Of Fern, 'motte'
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Hilton Of Fern, 'motte'
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Law Of Windsor
Canmore ID 35112
Site Number NO56SW 10
NGR NO 5125 6043
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Angus
- Parish Fern
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO56SW 10 5125 6043
The Law of Windsard (NSA 1845), or Windsor (ONB 1862), is a tree-clad, conical, flat-topped mound of earth and stone with no trace of a ditch. It is 5m high and 6m across the top and is situated on the summit of an E-W ridge.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; Name Book 1862.
Visited by OS 9 July 1958.
Note (1983)
Hilton of Fern NO 512 604 NO56SW 10
This cairn, previously identified as a motte, is 20m in diameter and 5m high. Pottery found in it is in the NMAS.
RCAHMS 1983
(NSA, xi, Forfar, 313; Name Book, Forfar, No. 42, pp. 53-4).
