Glenhead (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Glenhead (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by drewbhoy

The front door from the east.

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drewbhoy May 15, 2014

Image of Glenhead (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by drewbhoy

Inside the hut.

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drewbhoy May 15, 2014

Image of Glenhead (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by drewbhoy

A wee bit of bank to the south of the front door.

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drewbhoy May 15, 2014

Image of Glenhead (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by drewbhoy

The north east bank.

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drewbhoy May 15, 2014

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Glenhead

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork

drewbhoy May 15, 2014

The best way to find this site is to park at the Braes Of Gight car park between Fyvie and Methlick on the B9005. Head south and quite literally batter thru the trees, the bhoy’s first faltering steps back were indeed faltering. Armed with our arms, and a grid ref machine (very handy as this site is almost impossible to find), we went on a mazy path south. Fortunately the site is in a clearing.

The hut circle is over 19 meters wide and is best preserved on the north east. Here the wall is 4 meters wide. Sadly the wall to the west has gone due to the forestation. However the front door, at the eastern side, survives and is over 2 meters wide. Some of the wall to the south also survives.

With that we battered thru the trees to east to find the main track. Heading south we walked past Gight Castle to rejoin the track following the banks of the River Ythan towards Methlick.

Visited 15/5/2014

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.74km E

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Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.89km E

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Cup Marked Stone • 6.13km ESE

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 7.94km E

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Cairn(s) • 8.46km E

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Stone Circle • 8.61km ESE

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 8.63km ESE

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 10.15km E

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Cairn(s) • 10.47km S

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Stone Circle • 10.66km ESE

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Old Maud

Cist • 10.86km NE

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The Grinago Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.24km S

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Balcairn

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.77km SSW

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Burn Of Delgaty

Bank Barrow • 12.26km WNW

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Castle Hill (Maud)

Cairn(s) • 13.13km ENE

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Corrydown

Stone Circle • 13.29km W

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New Craig

Stone Circle • 13.31km SW

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Midtown Of Pitglassie 2

Round Barrow(s) • 13.39km W

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Round Barrow(s) • 13.44km W

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Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 13.48km SW

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Cairn(s) • 13.52km ESE

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Ring Cairn • 13.73km WNW

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Loanhead of Daviot

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Woodside, Delgaty

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Kerbed Cairn • 14.11km NE

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Hill of Barra

Hillfort • 14.42km S

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Wallace Stone

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Piper’s Stone

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Standing Stones • 15.15km ENE

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Cairn(s) • 15.21km ENE

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Auchencleith

Cup Marked Stone • 15.21km SSW

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Auchmachar Cairn

Long Cairn • 15.44km NE

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Hillhead Of Barra

Standing Stones • 15.46km SSW

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Hawk Law

Cairn(s) • 15.48km SSW

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Auchmachar

Stone Circle • 15.52km NE

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Hill Of Rothmaise

Cairn(s) • 15.6km WSW

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Backley Hill 2

Cup Marked Stone • 15.7km SW

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Cairn(s) • 16.43km SW

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Cup Marked Stone • 16.49km SW

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Cairn(s) • 16.52km E

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Newton Of Fortrie

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.63km W

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Bowman Stone 2

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Bowman Stone

Cup Marked Stone • 16.69km WSW

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Crofts of Shielburn

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.08km W

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Backhill of Drachlaw

Stone Circle • 17.14km W

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Little Hillbrae

Cairn(s) • 17.19km S

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Stone Circle • 17.19km W

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Round Cairn • 17.24km WSW

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.24km SW

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Round Barrow(s) • 17.31km WNW

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Ring Cairn • 17.32km S

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Cist • 17.44km WNW

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Cairn(s) • 17.47km S

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The Law

Cairn(s) • 17.59km SW

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 17.68km W

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Kerbed Cairn • 17.82km NE

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Strichen

Stone Circle • 17.86km NE

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Cairn(s) • 18.19km N

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.25km SSW

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Stone Circle • 18.35km SW

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Hill of Fiddes

Stone Circle • 18.54km ESE

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Hill Of Fiddes 2

Stone Circle • 18.6km ESE

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Conglas

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.64km SSW

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Whitehill Wood, Cairn Ennit

Stone Circle • 18.67km W

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Drimmies

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.68km SSW

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Cairn(s) • 18.76km WSW

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Cairn(s) • 18.79km W

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Gaval

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Stone Circle • 18.91km SSW

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Dilly Hill

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.99km SSW

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Clochforbie

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Dilly Hill 2

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.14km SSW

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Mill Of Fisherie

Cairn(s) • 19.14km NW

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Old Rayne

Stone Circle • 19.2km SW

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Dilly Hill Cairn

Cairn(s) • 19.27km SSW

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Dilly Hill 3

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.28km SSW

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Hill Of Knockollochie

Kerbed Cairn • 19.42km SW

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Mill of Carden

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.48km SW

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Greenhill

Cairn(s) • 19.64km ENE

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Carlinkist Cairn

Cairn(s) • 19.64km WNW

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1
Middleton

Henge • 19.67km SSW

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Newton Stone

Standing Stones • 19.68km WSW

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2
Cuning Hill

Cairn(s) • 19.7km SSW

7

1
Mellenside

Cairn(s) • 19.72km WSW

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East Blairbowie

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.73km SW

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2
Law Cairn

Cairn(s) • 19.87km NNE

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Newlands Of Oyne

Cist • 19.9km SW

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Auchaber

Stone Circle • 19.91km W

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