Aberdeenshire HER - NJ42NE0015 - ORD HILL

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Primary Reference	NJ42NE0015
Name	ORD HILL
NRHE Card No.	NJ42NE16
NRHE Numlink	17176
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a cairn and site of a cist. A small cist containing human skeletal remains was found while clearing away a cairn circa 1846. RCAHMS site visit 1996 noted that the cairn has been reduced to little more than a stony rim measuring circa 10m in overall diameter. Best preserved at the southeast where the rim of cairn material measures circa 2.4m in thickness and 0.4m in height.
Last Update	01/10/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

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National Grid Reference: NJ 4838 2712

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS		REMAINS OF	A	100
CISTS	SHORT	SITE OF	B	100
BONES	HUMAN		C	100