Aberdeenshire HER - NJ53NW0010 - HILL OF BUCHARN

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Primary ReferenceNJ53NW0010
NameHILL OF BUCHARN
NRHE Card No.NJ53NW14
NRHE Numlink 17749
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Site of cairn which contained implements that were presented to the NMAS in 1853. One would appear to be an iron pick-head. Both ends have been broken and its original length is indeterminate. It is now 250mm long by 74mm wide and is pierced by a hole 30mm diameter. Now no trace of the cairn.
Last Update14/12/2020
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Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
00 IRON PICK-HEAD Stray Find National Museum of Scotland  

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNS SITE OFA100
ARTEFACTS REMAINS OFB100
PICK-HEADSIRONREMAINS OFC100