Black Hillock
Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Black Hillock
Classification Shieling Hut(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Gairn
Canmore ID 78084
Site Number NJ20SW 6
NGR NJ 2470 0192
NGR Description Centred NJ 2470 0192
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78084
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Crathie And Braemar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
The 1971 edition of the Ordnance Survey 1:10000 maps depicts ten structures, probably shieling-huts, on the south-east flank of Black Hillock.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NJ20SW 6 centred 2470 0192
(Location cited as NJ 247 019). Black Hillock, Glen Gairn. The remains of at least ten longhouses have been recorded scattered across a hillside in an area of grouse moor on a moderate E- and SE-facing slope at an altitude of between 457 and 480m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/3.
