Aberdeenshire HER - NJ20NE0028 - CASTLETON

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ20NE0028
Name	CASTLETON
NMRS Card No.	NJ20NE82
NMRS Numlink	121299
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a building, probably a cottage, measuring 14.3m by 5.8m over walls reduced to footings 0.65m in thickness and up to 0.6m in height, there is a fireplaces at the north-northeast end, an entrance on the east-southeast side, and an outshot on the south-southwest end. It is depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition maps. There is no trace of the smaller structure shown on the OS 2nd edition map.
Last Update	10/05/2021

National Grid Reference: NJ 2534 0879

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1998				RCM	RCM

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
COTTAGES		REMAINS OF	B	100
BUILDINGS		SITE OF	A	100

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Regional Status

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Bibliographic Detail

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Strathdon
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	1-5m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	425
Geology
Topography	Moderate Slope
Aspect 1	NE
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Dry Rough Grass
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

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Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)	A	100

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Maritime Archaeology

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