Aberdeenshire HER - NJ51SE0003 - HOWEMILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ51SE0003
Name	HOWEMILL
NMRS Card No.	NJ51SE3
NMRS Numlink	17589
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of four-posted stone circle. Coles in 1902 recorded that only one stone had been spared by the quarrymen, two others having been split and shattered and the location of the fourth was not known. One stone bears 6 small cup marks.
Last Update	19/01/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 5804 1072

Easting: 369000, Northing: 854000

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		REMAINS OF	A	100
STONES		CUP-MARKED	B	100

Google Map for NJ51SE0003

National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
SAS	AB 2656	Ground	Black & White

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
00279	REPORT ON STONE CIRCLES IN ABERDEENSHIRE IN PSAS 36(1901-2) 488-581	FR COLES	1902				491-3
01201	MEGALITHIC MONS OF NE SCOTLAND	A KEILLAR	1934				6

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Tough
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	240
Geology
Topography	Summit
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Rough Pasture
Vegetation	Species poor wet rough grass: 50% or more of rushes on mineral soil.
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length	2.14
Width	7.01
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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