Aberdeenshire HER - NO08NW0031 - ALLT BHRONN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO08NW0031
Name	ALLT BHRONN
NRHE Card No.	NO08NW18
NRHE Numlink	81211
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of three shieling huts on the north side of the Allt Bhronn burn, all of which are set against a terrace cut by the burn. They range in length from 3.3m to 7.7m by between 2.1m and 2.9m in breadth within turf-and-stone walls 0.5m to 0.7m thick and up to 0.6m high each with a single entrance in one side. A midden some 3.5m across and 0.5m high is situated a short distance to the southeast of the largest building. This site was within the study area for DBA and walkover survey carried out by Highland Archaeology Services in February 2023 in advance of instream river restoration works (NO08NW0055), but no feature noted at this location by the walkover.
Last Update	10/04/2023
Updated By	cpalmer

Compiler	RCM
Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO08NW0031

National Grid Reference: NO 0043 8522

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type	OASIS ID
2023	Field Survey

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
7	1993		1	P DIXON	RCM	RCM	100
2	2023	Survey		HAS

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
SHIELINGS		REMAINS OF	A	100
MIDDENS			B	100