Aberdeenshire HER - NJ44SW0004 - NORRY HILL

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ44SW0004
NameNORRY HILL
NMRS Card No.NJ44SW5
NMRS Numlink17333
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a long cairn. Grass-grown, the cairn tapers from 2-7m in breadth at the east end to 5m at the west end. The west part has been severely robbed, the mounds of quarried debris standing 0.7m in max. height, but the east end is largely intact and measures 2.5m in height on the uphill side and 4m on the downhill side. The south end has been destroyed by construction of a rectangular walled enclosure. Present appearance of cairn suggests that it is a composite monument with a round cairn built on its east end, but this may be result of robbing. Nonetheless at the east end, the upper part of cairn has a higher proportion of stone visible than lower part, possibly indicating the presence of a superimposed round cairn. The northeast corner of the long cairn is very angular but probably due to result of later land-use around the cairn.
Last Update27/08/2020

National Grid Reference: NJ 4445 4217


Easting: 377000, Northing: 815000

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Date of Compilation 

Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNSLONG A100
CAIRNSROUND B95
ENCLOSURESRECTANGULAR C100

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National Status

National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details


Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
01656Ordnance Name Book    EDINBURGHNo37(1871) 19  
00307PSAS 40(1905-06) 164-206FR COLES1906   186  
00862CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOTLAND 2AS HENSHALL1971  EDINBURGH216-226  

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Glass
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 - difficult access.
Altitude290
Geology 
Topography Saddle
Aspect 1E,SE
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type 
Hydrology 

Measurements

Plan 
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter14
Length49
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Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC) A100    
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC) B100    
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) C100    

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Maritime Archaeology

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