Moray HER - NJ06SW0002 - MACBETH'S HILLOCK

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ06SW0002
Name	MACBETH'S HILLOCK
NRHE Card No.	NJ06SW3
NRHE Numlink	15919
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Earthwork
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Supposed cairn, named 'Macbeth's Hillock', is merely a hillock of blown sand covered with water worn stones. The top was dug into and found to have been used as a fireplace; blackened earth extended to 48cm, below was blown sand. In the earth were 2 fragments of the lower stones of saddle querns. Neither name or position known locally, and the site was not located by OS in 1971.
Last Update	02/03/2016
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NJ06SW0002

National Grid Reference: NJ 0210 6439

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
1890	Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1890			BLACK

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
		FLINT TOOLS		Excavation
		SADDLE QUERNS		Excavation

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
HILLOCKS	NATURAL	NIL ANTIQUITY	A	100
QUERN-STONES	SADDLE		B	100
ARTEFACTS	FLINT		C	100