
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Orbliston as Pit(s) (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Round Barrow (prehistoric), Square Barrow (iron Age). 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.
Orbliston includes a prehistoric round barrow and an Iron Age square barrow, indicating multiple phases of burial and land use. Such mounds are significant for understanding funerary practices and social organization in prehistoric and Iron Age Scotland.
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Places near here
WestertonFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 621 yd
Burnside of DippleField Boundary (period Unassigned), Pit(s) (period Unassigned) · 1028 yd
MillhillFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1112 yd
DipplePit(s) (period Unknown) · 1325 yd
Trochelhill WoodForest · 1622 yd
Balnacoul WoodForest · 1.1 mi
The Earth PillarsNamed rock · 1.3 mi
Castle HillCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1.8 mi
FochabersNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Speymouth War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Major Allan Wilson Memorial FountainMemorial · 1.9 mi
Thief's HillMountain / peak · 3.3 miOther information
Photo: Steven Brown · CC BY-SA 2.0