Hill Of Boghead

Nearest town:
Kintore (2km NW)
OS reference:
NJ79941410
OS sheet:
38
Latitude:
57° 13' 2.1 N
Longitude:
2° 19' 55.88 W
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Images

Image of Hill Of Boghead (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Looking south, plus a massive granite boulder.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 26, 2015
Image of Hill Of Boghead (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Behind the trees is Tauch Hill, home to the remnants of a SC.

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drewbhoy Sep 26, 2015
Image of Hill Of Boghead (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Internal cairn, there appears to be a remnants of a cist and animal damage.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 26, 2015
Image of Hill Of Boghead (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Note animal damage to the northern side. This is looking east.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 26, 2015
Image of Hill Of Boghead (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The small cairn is in the middle of the pic. Bennachie in background, Midmill LC and Tuach SC are also nor to far away.

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drewbhoy Sep 25, 2015

Articles

Hill Of Boghead

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 20, 2015

Once upon a history there were many cairns to be found on the Hill Of Boghead but sadly only one really remains. 3 or 4 others seem to have vanished or have been ploughed up or more likely trashed by the erection of electricity pylons.

Still one wee cairn still survives against the odds beside a massive rock (no name). 4 kerbs remain in place in a cairn which is some 3 meters high and 0.3 meters high. Animal damage has affected the northern side. Still the cairn has nice views of Midmill cairn, Tuach Hill (home to a stone circle) and Bennachie.

I approached from the Cairntradlin side (south) and parked at the Muir Of Kinellar (the people at Concraig being unhelpful) and followed the farm road north west until it becomes a dirt track. From here I headed west and jumped the fence into a small wood near a recently built barn. The cairn is in the west side of the wood near some big boulders.

Visited 24/9/2015.

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