Aberdeenshire HER - NO77SE0042 - BIRNIEHILL WOOD

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO77SE0042
Name	BIRNIEHILL WOOD
NRHE Card No.	NO77SE48
NRHE Numlink	135483
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Area of numerous clearance cairns, recorded by Headland archaeology during pre-afforestation survey in 1998. Of rounded field stones, the cairns are typically between 2m and 3m in diameter, and stand up to 0.4m in height. although many could be described as spreads or dumps. They are thought to lie at the edge of a pre OS 1st edition field boundary and relate to the improved agricultural landscape.
Last Update	19/11/2018
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO77SE0042

National Grid Reference: NO 7899 7419

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
8	1998			HEADLAND ARCHAEOLOGY

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS		CLEARANCE	A	100