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Garvock Hill

Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Garvock Hill

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Tower Of Johnston

Canmore ID 36332

Site Number NO76NW 4

NGR NO 73336 69851

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Garvock
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Kincardine And Deeside
  • Former County Kincardineshire

Archaeology Notes

NO76NW 4 7334 6984

For cairn at NO 7266 6918, see NO76NW 2.

There is a cairn on the summit of the Hill of Garvock, a mile from Tower of Johnston (at NO 726 691).

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.

At NO 7334 6984, 950m NE of Tower of Johnston, there is a turf-covered cairn, measuring about 9.0 by 7.0m and 0.5m high, probably that referred to in the NSA.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (RL) 20 December 1967.

(NO 7334 6984) Cairn (NR)

OS 1:10000 map (1975).

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Field Visit (March 1982)

Tower of Johnston 2 NO 733 698 NO76NW 4

On the crest of the Hill of Garvock, 950m NE of the cairn NO76NW 2, there is a cairn measuring about 9m in diameter and 0.5m in height.

RCAHMS 1982, visited March 1982

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