Aberdeenshire HER - NJ81NW0212 - BALBITHAN WOOD

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Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ81NW0212
NameBALBITHAN WOOD
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Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a hut circle recorded by field survey as part of a larger programme of archaeological work on the hut circles in the wood, the Kintore Landscapes Project (see NJ81NW0230). It lies to the northwest of a previously known group of hut-circles (NJ81NW0003). Sample excavation was carried out in 2011. This hut circle (No. 5) measured 10.6 m internally and 15.6 m externally. No pottery was found but an assemblage of lithics was recovered, comprising 20 lithics from the structure and 20 lithics from test pits around it. These include a blade fragment made from chalcedony/jasper, an end scraper, a side scraper and other flakes. It was of two phases of construction, radiocarbon dating of the soil indicating it was built after 1669-1522 BC.
Last Update02/11/2022
Updated Byjnicholson
CompilerCP
Date of Compilation02/02/2015

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National Grid Reference: NJ 8106 1793


Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
2011 Evaluation

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
 2011 SIDE SCRAPER M Cook Excavation  
 2011 LITHIC BLADE M Cook Excavation  
 2011 END SCRAPER M Cook Excavation  
 2011 FLAKED LITHICS M Cook Excavation  

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
LITHICS  B100
BLADES  C100
FLAKES  D100
END-SCRAPERS  E100
HUT-CIRCLES REMAINS OFA100