Aberdeenshire HER - NJ52NW0009 - HILLHEAD

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Primary ReferenceNJ52NW0009
NameHILLHEAD
NRHE Card No.NJ52NW9
NRHE Numlink 17678
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Site of a possible recumbent stone circle, as depicted on the OS 1st edition map. According to the OS Name Book (1886) a circle of upright stones about 45 ft (13.7 m) had been removed some 60 years previously, and had been found to be paved with stones to a depth of several feet. A short length of paved causeway leading to the northeast was also found. OS in 1967 found no trace, and suggested that the stone circle referred to was the same as NJ52NW0024. RCAHMS site visit in 1996 recorded that nothing was visible at the location indicated on the 1st edition map, but suggested that the description in the Name Book to paving and a circular stone built structure circa 14 m in diameter suggested a hut circle and/or possibly a souterrain rather than a stone circle.
Last Update30/05/2023
Updated Bycpalmer
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Date of Compilation 

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National Grid Reference: NJ 5297 2702



Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STONE-CIRCLES SITE OFA100
CAUSEWAYS SITE OFB100
STONESPAVINGSITE OFC100
HUT-CIRCLES SITE OFD30
SOUTERRAINS SITE OFF30