Aberdeenshire HER - NJ56NW0017 - CRATHIE POINT

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Primary ReferenceNJ56NW0017
NameCRATHIE POINT
NRHE Card No.NJ56NW14
NRHE Numlink 17947
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Earthwork
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a promontory fort, consisting of an earthen rampart with a ditch, 3 m wide, on either side. The bank is circa 6.0 m wide by circa 1.5 m high. A causeway, 5 m wide, leads through the rampart and ditches near the east end of rampart. Around 90 m to the southwest, at the edge of a cultivated field, is second rampart circa 45 m in length, and the possible remains of two ditches, one using a natural gully, the other which has silted up due to ploughing. There are slight indications of a further ditch 0.2 m deep discernible immediately to the northwest of and parallel to the inner rampart. A topographic survey of the site was carried out in 2006.
Last Update28/03/2024
Updated Bycpalmer
Compiler 
Date of Compilation01/09/1978

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National Grid Reference: NJ 5481 6722



Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2006 Field Survey

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
FORTSPROMONTORY A100
RAMPARTSEARTH B100
DITCHESDEFENSIVE C100
CAUSEWAYS  D100