Moray HER - NJ25NW0022 - BIRNIE KIRK

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ25NW0022
Name	BIRNIE KIRK
NRHE Card No.
NRHE Numlink
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Crop Mark (Includes Soil Mark)
Site Condition	AP visible Only
Details	The arc of an enclosure was visible as a cropmark in 1981, around the graveyard at Birnie Kirk (NJ25NW0001). This probably represents an earlier use of the kirk site in both the prehistoric and early medieval period. In January 2001 three small trenches were excavated in the gap between the modern church yard wall and the fence, but no trace of an earlier enclosure was found. Trial trenching in 2009 and 2010 the field south of the church (see also NJ25NW0029) as part of the ongoing Birnie excavations recorded a possible boundary ditch of the early church.
Last Update	17/08/2016
Updated By	nackerman

Compiler	IAGS
Date of Compilation	19/08/1981

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National Grid Reference: NJ 2064 5872

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
2010	Evaluation
2001	Evaluation
2009	Evaluation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
5	2010	Excavation		F Hunter
1	2001	Excavation		F Hunter
5	2009	Excavation		F Hunter

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DITCHES	BOUNDARY		C	100
ENCLOSURES	OVAL	AP VISIBLE	A	100
CROPMARKS		AP VISIBLE	B	100