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Castlehill
Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Castlehill
Classification Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kearn Burn; Bogie Water
Canmore ID 107474
Site Number NJ52NW 41
NGR NJ 51500 28650
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107474
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rhynie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ52SW 41 51500 28650
See also NJ52NW 40.
Air photography (AAS/95/06/G15/8-12, dated 18 July 1995) has recorded the cropmarks of what may be a rectilinear enclosure with an entrance-gap on the S and possible internal features. It may possibly be equated to the supposed motte-and-bailey NJ52NW 22.
M Greig 1995; NMRS, MS/712/10.
Aerial photography has revealed the cropmarks of a possible enclosure on a large natural knoll at the confluence of the Kearn Burn and Bogie Water about 350m N of Castlehill farmsteading (NJ52NW 69). An arc of ditch about 2m in breadth is visible on the S flank of the hillock, suggesting a roughly circular or oval enclosure with an internal diameter of between 35m and 40m.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 27 March 2000.
