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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36332
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Garvock
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
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).
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
