What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Nittanshead as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cairn; wider significance not recorded.
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Places near here
SweetiehillockArrowhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Spearhead(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 983 yd
StillswellsBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1369 yd
New PitsligoSpearhead (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1646 yd
Nether OldwhatBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Hill of TurlundieMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Hill of TurclossieMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
New Byth, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 3.0 mi
Fedderate CastleCastle (medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 3.1 mi
New Deer, Hill of Culsh, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 3.7 mi
Borrowhill PlantationForest · 3.8 mi
NewlandhillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.7 mi
Den of Old MaudWood · 5.4 miOther information
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