Aberdeenshire HER - NJ52NW0011 - HILLHEAD

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ52NW0011
Name	HILLHEAD
NRHE Card No.	NJ52NW11
NRHE Numlink	17724
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of cairns. Upwards of 20 tumuli were destroyed circa 1846 during land reclamation. Each consisted of a 'continued series of upright stones' about 2.4m in diameter, with, in the centre, 'a grave of unusual dimensions', some cut into solid rock. Burnt bones and ornamented urns with calcined bones were found. On the 1867 and 1888 OS maps the site of a 'causeway' is marked in this area leading from 'the site of a stone circle' to the site of tumuli'.
Last Update	21/04/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

Google Map for NJ52NW0011

National Grid Reference: NJ 5294 2647

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
0	1846	URNS		Stray Find

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAUSEWAYS		SITE OF	E	85
CAIRNS		SITE OF	A	100
CISTS	BURIAL	SITE OF	B	100
URNS			C	100
BONES	HUMAN	BURNT	D	100