Aberdeenshire HER - NJ55SE0001 - THORAX

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Primary ReferenceNJ55SE0001
NameTHORAX
NRHE Card No.NJ55SE1
NRHE Numlink 17897
HES SM No. 347
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Stone circle, unsymmetrical and composed of six stones. The stone to the north-west has 22 cup marks on its inside face, the largest is 100mm diameter by 25mm deep. There is an almost buried stone with three cup marks on its upper face 17.6m to the west of the circle. The cupmarked stones were recorded by Scotland's Rock Art Project in 2020. The upright stone measures circa 1.7m by 1.4m by 0.6m, the carved face on the inside of the circle and bearing a total of 36 cup marks on the northern half of the stone. A smaller stone on the northeast side of the circle between the orthostats measures 0.8m by 0.7m by 0.8m and bears a single cupmark, 7cm in diameter and 2cm deep.
Last Update31/12/2021
Updated Bycpalmer
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Date of Compilation 

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Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2020 Field Observation

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CUP-MARKS  D100
STONE-CIRCLES  A100
DYKESSTONE B100
STONES CUP-MARKEDC100