Aberdeenshire HER - NJ51NW0004 - NETHER BALFOUR

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ51NW0004
Name	NETHER BALFOUR
NMRS Card No.	NJ51NW5
NMRS Numlink	17574
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a stone circle and causeway destroyed during land improvement circa 1847. Approximately 18 m of causeway were found, paved with flat stones evidently leading to the circle from the northeast. No trace and no local knowledge. A stone cup NJ51NW0011 may be from this site. There is a very faint trace of part of a circular crop mark visible on a vertical aerial photograph taken in 1988 at this location.
Last Update	06/09/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 5393 1721

Easting: 386327, Northing: 799999

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
STONE-CIRCLES		SITE OF	A	100
CAUSEWAYS	STONE	SITE OF	B	100

Google Map for NJ51NW0004

National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
RCM	NJ51 1688246	Air-vertical	Black & White	14/05/1988

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
02434	SITE NOTES FROM SEPT/DEC 2000 ABERDEENSHIRE FIELDWORK	D TREVARHEN	2001						2001
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No88(1867) 107

Location

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

Environment

Constraints	No access.
Altitude	270
Geology
Topography	Terrace
Aspect 1	S
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Agricultural
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter	18.28
Length
Width
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC)	A	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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