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Hillhead Plantation
Clearance Cairn(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Long Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Hillhead Plantation
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Long Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Plantation Of Hillhead
Canmore ID 36432
Site Number NO77NE 8
NGR NO 79570 76803
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36432
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Arbuthnott
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO77NE 8 7956 7680
(NO 7956 7680) Long Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1974)
There are the remains of a large cairn on the highest part of the ground in the Plantation of Hillhead. They are overgrown with heather and weeds.
Name Book 1864.
This long cairn is situated on the summit of an isolated hill (174m OD) within the former Plantation of Hillhead. It is oriented ENE-WSW and measures 50.0m in length. It is 22.0m wide and 2.5m high at the ENE end, and 12.0m wide and 1.8m high at the WSW end. A trench across the cairn, near the centre, shows no evidence of internal structures; otherwise fair condition. There are a few clearance heaps to the SE of the cairn. Long cairn resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L), 13 December 1967.
Field Visit (March 1982)
Hillhead Plantation (KNC 7) NO 795 768 NO77NE 8
This long cairn is situated on the summit of an isolated hill (174m OD) within the former plantation of Hillhead. Aligned ENE-WSW, it measures 52m in length by up to 2.7m in height, and the broader ENE end-(22m) is separated from the WSW end (9m) by a trans verse hollow.
RCAHMS 1982, visited March 1982
(Henshall 1972, 560)
