Moray HER - NJ24NW0024 - SHEPHERD'S CAIRN, BRUACH HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ24NW0024
Name	SHEPHERD'S CAIRN, BRUACH HILL
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Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Three small cairns on Bruach Hill depicted on the OS 1st edition map (1846), individually called Shepherd's Cairn. Along with four other cairns of the same name (NJ25SW0031, NJ25SW0032, NJ25SW0033 and NJ25SW0034) extending along the summit and ridgeline of Bracken Noits southeast to Bruach Hill, they may have formed boundary markers related to Rothes Estate. Only the southern two of the three cairns are depicted on the OS 2nd edition map (1888), with only the central one at the summit of Bruach Hill depicted on the current edition OS map and it is unknown if the others survive. The location of the northwestern cairn of this group of three cairns was just within the area of a walkover survey carried out by West Coast Archaeological Services in October 2020, covering an area of a proposed woodland planting and regeneration scheme (NJ25SW0049).
Last Update	25/03/2021

National Grid Reference: NJ 2444 4983

Easting: 304160, Northing: 847400

Compiler	AAS
Date of Compilation	23/11/2009

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type
1905	Field Survey
1905	Desk Based Assessment

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
10	2020	Survey	1	WCAS		DEV

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS	BOUNDARY		A	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
05132	MOSS OF ROTHES WOODLAND PLANTING SCHEME, ROTHES ESTATE, MORAY: ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT AND WALKOVER SURVEY		2020			2020 - 121/ROTHES/20	DBA and Walkover	11	2020

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Rothes
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Standard
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	325
Geology
Topography	Ridge
Aspect 1	SE
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Coniferous Woodland
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
19th Century	B	100

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