Moray HER - NJ05NW0035 - BALNAFERRY HOUSE

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Primary ReferenceNJ05NW0035
NameBALNAFERRY HOUSE
NRHE Card No.NJ05NW117
NRHE Numlink 129079
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Site of cropmark. The thin trace of an oval enclosure covering substantial area was visible as a crop mark in a field of cereal crop. There were possible internal features. To the east in the same field were possible ring ditches and a souterrain. There were also a number of marks which were probably geomorphological. An evaluation and excavation of this site and its wider surroundings was carried out by AOC in 2010 (NJ05NW0166 ). The evaluation identified features across the entire site. This comprised linear ditches, pits and post-holes. Artefacts recovered included Grooved Ware pottery, coarse stone, flint and later prehistoric ceramics. A secondary phase of archaeological works was required based on the results of the evaluation. This excavation comprised the complete excavation of a series of features identified underlying the area of a proposed roundabout and access road. The excavation identified the remains of two palisaded enclosures, ring-ditch and ring-groove roundhouses and a series of adjacent pits. (See NJ05NW0166 for site report and full details of work).
Last Update25/08/2020
Updated Bycherbert
CompilerJKSJ
Date of Compilation 

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National Grid Reference: NJ 0324 5743



Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2010 Evaluation
2010 Excavation

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
ENCLOSURESOVALAP VISIBLEA100
RING-DITCHES AP VISIBLEB100
SOUTERRAINS AP VISIBLEC90
CROPMARKS SITE OFD100