Gourdon Hill

Nearest town:
Inverbervie (2km NE)
OS reference:
NO818707
OS sheet:
45
Latitude:
56° 49' 38.72 N
Longitude:
2° 17' 53.7 W
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Images

Image of Gourdon Hill (Long Barrow) by drewbhoy

Looking north to Shakil Hill, the cairn has been removed.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 28, 2020
Image of Gourdon Hill (Long Barrow) by drewbhoy

The impressive Gourdon Hill cairn on a very cold day.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 28, 2020
Image of Gourdon Hill (Long Barrow) by drewbhoy

The long cairn from Shakil Hill, if looking for Shakil’s cairn, don’t bother, it’s gone.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 28, 2020
Image of Gourdon Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Just a glimpse of the coastline. But it’s enough.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jun 11, 2012
Image of Gourdon Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

Large (ish) stone at the northern end of the cairn.... remnants of a previous chamber, perhaps?

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jun 11, 2012
Image of Gourdon Hill (Long Barrow) by GLADMAN

From the north-west... could be in Wessex.... except it’s a long cairn. Stone, not earth.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jun 11, 2012
Image of Gourdon Hill (Long Barrow) by drewbhoy

Along the top of the barrow, the pea souper coming closer.

Image credit: drew/amj
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 4, 2011

Articles

Gourdon Hill

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 25, 2021

After finding the cairn on Droop Hill, it proved to be a frustrating day of climbing hills, finding nothing i.e. three cairns on Banff Hill all gone.

It proved to be a similar story for the cairn on Shakil Hill, slightly to the north of the nearby Gourdon Long Cairn (also known as Bikmane).

From Shakil Hill I got an interesting angle to look at its famous neighbour, worth the short walk to the top, use the gate near the masts. Also from the top of Gourdon to look back and see the top of Shakil.

Always nice to visit Gourdon, pity about Shakil.

Re-visited 27/12/2020.

Gourdon Hill

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 4, 2011

This place I’ve wanted to visit for a long long time. So yesterday provided the chance and I took it. The cairn is 46 meters in length. At the North East end it is 14 meters wide and 1.7 meters high by the time it reaches the South West it is only 8 meters wide and 1 meter tall. It has been extensively robbed for it’s materials. Large rocks can still be felt underfoot as the cairn is mostly covered in turf and grass. The stunning thing about this place is it’s location. To north Gourdon/Inverbervie and their bays, to the south Point Of Bard (Haugh Bay). At times the view was superb then a north sea mist rolled in, the temperature dropped and the atmosphere became very eerie. So back down the hill I went.

The best access to this site is by the following route. South on the A92, thru Inverbervie, past Gourdon and take the first track heading west. This leads up a very steep hill. Keep going until the first crossroads and take the road heading north east. Keep going towards the crest of the hill, the cairn is in the field to east with tremendous views in all directions. Great place.

Visited 3/08/2011.

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