Knockargety Hill

Nearest town:
Ballater (12km SW)
OS reference:
NJ45400307
OS sheet:
37
Latitude:
57° 6' 55.28 N
Longitude:
2° 54' 6.09 W
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Image of Knockargety Hill (Hillfort) by costaexpress

Hard to discern what is remnants of the old hill fort and what is stone debris, regardless, enjoyable walk up from Tarland lots to explore

costaexpress
costaexpress Aug 6, 2020
Image of Knockargety Hill (Hillfort) by thelonious

12/05/2018 – View west to the big hills and the Cairngorms National Park. This hill is just outside it.

thelonious
thelonious May 15, 2018
Image of Knockargety Hill (Hillfort) by thelonious

View out from the hillfort to Scar hill and Mulloch, a great place if you like cairns and broom. Mortlich (hillfort) in the distance on the left.

thelonious
thelonious May 15, 2018

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Knockargety Hill

thelonious
thelonious May 15, 2018

12/05/2018 – What a lovely sunny day to visit this one. Good parking and access from the east. A track then small path leads straight to the top. The place was full of butterflies today enjoying the sunshine, mainly Green-veined White but also the odd Peacock and one Orange Tip which was nice as we don’t see many of them round here.

Not much in the way of ramparts to see of the unfinished hillfort. It covers quite a large area and would have been some site had it been completed.

It’s worth walking on to have a look at Fernyhowe cairn as well.

This was our last visit of the day so we had time to have a sit on top for a while and take in the view. I love this time of year. Everything seems so green and alive.

Knockargety Hill

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 31, 2010

The ramparts at the west and east ends of this fort were never completed, which can be seen at their best on the eastern side. But what a place to build a fort, glorious all round views in countryside overspilling with loads of things for the prehistoric eyes to see.

From Ferneyhowe cairn it would be easy to say straight up the hill. There is no path from this side so its over the deer fence across a bog and over the next deer fence. Add in a barbed wire fence then quite a steep climb and you’ve made it. The path in the fort is part of the Tarland Walk system and takes the walker back to the village of the same name.

Visited 31/07/2010.

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