Aberdeenshire HER - NK03NE0010 - GREENBRAE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NK03NE0010
Name	GREENBRAE
NRHE Card No.	NK03NE15
NRHE Numlink	20871
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Site of a short cist found in a tumulus in 1817. It contained a jet and amber necklace comprising a single string of twelve large oval beads of jet and four of amber, and also a polished flint axe. This find has been confused with nearby Uppermill beaker burial NK03NE0017 (under name of Ardiffery) - for full description of confusion see Kenworthy 1977.
Last Update	29/04/2022
Updated By	bmann

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Date of Compilation

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National Grid Reference: NK 0570 3588

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1817	Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1817			UNKNOWN

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
	1817	POLISHED FLINT AXE		Excavation		NE Scotland Museum Service	71.5.1
	1817	JET BEADS		Excavation		NE Scotland Museum Service	71.5.1
	1817	AMBER BEADS		Excavation		NE Scotland Museum Service	71.5.1

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CISTS	SHORT		A	100
BARROWS		SITE OF	B	100
AXES	FLINT	POLISHED	C	100
NECKLACES	JET		D	100
BEADS	OVAL		E	100
BEADS	AMBER		F	100