Moray HER - NJ46NE0015 - FOULFORD BRIDGE

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Primary ReferenceNJ46NE0015
NameFOULFORD BRIDGE
NRHE Card No.NJ46NE18
NRHE Numlink 17392
HES SM No. 11114
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a Bronze Age cairn and site of a cairn.The eastern cairn was opened during gravel digging in 1820 when a large cinerary urn and two smaller urns were reputed to have been found. In about 1864 a short cist containing a small broken urn was found in the north part of the western cairn, and another small cist found in its south part. In the late 19th century (circa 1897) the east cairn was said to have been an artificial hillock of gravel 27.43m long which had been levelled by digging, whilst the west cairn was almost a circular mound 12.19m in diameter and 1.82m high. In 1897 workmen laying a track for the Cullen water system recovered an inverted cinerary urn and another small urn from their trench. The small urn was upright and contained a cremation. With the urns were a barbed and tanged arrowhead and a chisel-headed bone pin. OS site visit in 1964 recorded that the easterly one was a small mound of stones and earth circa 10.8m in diameter and 2m high, severely mutilated on the north side side and covered by heather and fir trees. No remains of the west cairn were located at that time. Finds in NMAS with accession nos EQ 243-249, unable to allocate numbers.
Last Update27/05/2024
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Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
1820 Excavation
1867 Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date MDate YTypeDurationDirector / OrganisationAuspicesFundExtent
 1820  UNKNOWN   
 1867  ESTATE FACTOR   

Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
01820 CINERARY URN Excavation National Museum of Scotland  
01820 SMALL URNS Excavation National Museum of Scotland  
01897 CINERARY URN Excavation National Museum of Scotland  
01897 URN Excavation National Museum of Scotland  
00 B & T ARROWHEAD Excavation National Museum of Scotland  
00 BONE PIN Excavation National Museum of Scotland  

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNS REMAINS OFA100
CAIRNS SITE OFB100
CISTSSHORT C100
URNSCINERARY D100
URNSSMALL E100
ARROWHEADSFLINTBARBED & TANGEDF100
PINSBONECHISEL-HEADEDG100
BONESHUMANBURNTH100