Aberdeenshire HER - NO76NW0002 - TOWER OF JOHNSTON CAIRN

Print site NO76NW0002 Feedback on site NO76NW0002

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNO76NW0002
NameTOWER OF JOHNSTON CAIRN
NRHE Card No.NO76NW2
NRHE Numlink 36330
HES SM No. 6435
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details A 19th century tower on the remains of a cairn. A large Bronze Age cairn, originally circa 45m in diameter, which was surrounded by a ring of large blocks of freestone (possibly kerbstones) which is now covered by the stones of the cairn falling down and over them. A 9.14m high hollow tower (a folly) was erected on it by J Farquhar of Johnston in 1812. The tower is an Ordnance Survey trigonometrical survey intersected station (sighting point) depicted on historic OS maps.
Last Update12/11/2024
Updated Bycpalmer
Compiler 
Date of Compilation 
NO76NW0002 - TOWER OF JOHNSTON CAIRN Please click on an image to see a larger version.

Google Map for NO76NW0002

National Grid Reference: NO 7267 6918


Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNS REMAINS OFA100
TOWERSMEMORIAL B100
FOLLIES  C100
STATIONSTRIANGULATION D100