Moray HER - NJ25SW0003 - STONY HILL

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Primary ReferenceNJ25SW0003
NameSTONY HILL
NRHE Card No.NJ25SW4
NRHE Numlink 16444
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of robbed kerb cairn. Only a rim of turf-covered cairn material remaining around which a kerb of contiguous stones as an edge are visible intermittently. There is a gap in southwest which indicates robbing. It was recorded in the 1870s that a local old woman remembered seeing a number of large upright stones in late 19th Century, which were subsequently removed by local people for reuse including mill-stones, door-posts and rollers. It was estimated that as much as 600 cart loads were removed from inside the cairn, the stone being reused for the purpose of building dykes and filling drains, and that the stones had been burnt, mixed with bones, and were loose so that it only required the lowest ones removed to make those above tumble down. The cairn is situated within a prehistoric field system (NJ25SW0004). A walkover survey carried out by West Coast Archaeological Services in October 2020, covering an area of a proposed woodland planting and regeneration scheme (NJ25SW0049), recorded the very degraded remains of the prehistoric kerbed cairn (Site 6), with the structure obscured by deep heather stands.
Last Update24/03/2021
Updated Byjnicholson
CompilerAAS
Date of Compilation23/11/2009

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National Grid Reference: NJ 2491 5144



Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2020 Field Survey
2020 Desk Based Assessment

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

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Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNSKERBREMAINS OFA100
CAIRNS ROBBEDB100