Aberdeenshire HER - NJ44SE0009 - BA MUIR

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ44SE0009
Name	BA MUIR
NMRS Card No.	NJ44SE9
NMRS Numlink	17326
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a possible recumbent stone circle. The OS 1st and 2nd edition maps show 'Site of Stone Circle'. It was removed by 1871 but described by Sim and Stuart. The remains consisted of several large stones ranging in height from 0.91m to 2.13m, lying mainly on the south arc of the circle. Recumbent was 4.11m long, 1.92m broad and 0.30m thick. Outer 'wall' was 29.87m in diameter and inner 'wall' was 9.75m diameter. Coles could find no trace of the circle in 1906 but thought he could identify its broken stones in the nearest wall. Now no trace.
Last Update	29/08/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 4679 4293

Easting: 375130, Northing: 807760

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Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

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Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
STONE-CIRCLES		RECUMBENT	A	90
CIRCLES		SITE OF	B	90

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Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
02303	OLD KEITH & STROLL TO CAIRNIE	R SIM	1865				147-50
02299	PSAS 1(1851-4) 258-263	J STUART	1854				141
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No12(1871) 111
01418	HILL FORTS & ST CIRC OF SCOT	C MACLAGAN	1875				9, PL27
00307	PSAS 40(1905-06) 164-206	FR COLES	1906				185-6	0	0

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Cairnie
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude	225
Geology
Topography	Saddle
Aspect 1	E
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Arable
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Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC)	A	95

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Maritime Archaeology

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