Angus HER - NO64NE0044 - NEWBARNS

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO64NE0044
Name	NEWBARNS
NRHE Card No.	NO64NE44
NRHE Numlink	35424
HES SM No.	5913
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Crop Mark (Includes Soil Mark)
Site Condition	AP visible Only
Details	Cropmarks of ring ditches and linear features recorded by J Dewar during aerial reconnaissance in 1976. CFA conducted an excavation of a number of features in September 1998. These revealed the ring ditch to be approximately 7 m in diameter with a ditch width of 2.2 m - 1.6 m . A section cut through the ditch proved sides to be nearly vertical, with a depth of 0.6 m - 0.75 m, and the bottom flat. A number of heat-cracked stones were found in the fairly organic fill. A number of the linear features would appear to be ice-wedges, while others were shallow linear ditches circa 0.35 m wide by 0.13 m deep. A few post-holes were also recorded. The ring ditch most likely represented the remains of a small round barrow. Traces of rig and furrow were also uncovered.
Last Update	27/09/2022
Updated By	cpalmer

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Google Map for NO64NE0044

National Grid Reference: NO 6835 4936

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
9	1998			Catherine McGill	CFA	HS

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples	Samples taken of pit and ditch fills.
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
DITCHES		U-SHAPED	B	100
FEATURES	LINEAR		C	100
POST-HOLES			D	100
BARROWS	ROUND	REMAINS OF	E	90
ICE-WEDGES			F	100
CROPMARKS		AP VISIBLE	G	100
RIG & FURROW			H	100
RING-DITCHES			A	100