Aberdeenshire HER - NJ50SW0020 - LITTLE HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ50SW0020
Name	LITTLE HILL
NRHE Card No.	NJ50SW22
NRHE Numlink	128898
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a series of fairly straight banks and walls which run up the hillside towards enclosure (NJ50SW0002) so may be associated with it. The most northerly pair form a hollow-way. Walkover survey was carried out across this site in May 2009 by MAS in advance of a proposed windfarm development. A series of foundations were identified that appear to belong to pre-Improvement settlement along the edge of the higher ground of the hill. The remains of stone dykes, grass covered stone wall footings, a possible corn kiln and remnants of two sunken stock roads were identified as well as a triangular boundary stone incised with a 'B' on one side and 'H' on the other two side. It is suggested that this may represent Boddomend and Hirnely. The surveyed features are in the general location of small settlements shown on Roy's Military Map of 1747-55.
Last Update	28/08/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

Compiler	IAGS
Date of Compilation

Google Map for NJ50SW0020

National Grid Reference: NJ 5466 0122

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
2009	Field Survey

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
WALLS		GRASS-COVERED	D	100
KILNS	CORN	POSSIBLE	E	80
DYKES	STONE		F	100
ROADS	STOCK	REMAINS OF	G	100
STONES	BOUNDARY	INCISED	H	100
WIND-FARMS		PROPOSED	I	100
BANKS	STONY		A	100
HOLLOW-WAYS			B	100