Aberdeenshire HER - NJ53NE0010 - ROBIN'S HEIGHT

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ53NE0010
NameROBIN'S HEIGHT
NMRS Card No.NJ53NE8
NMRS Numlink17742
Site Form Documentary Record Only
Site Condition Destroyed
Details Camp-site, traditionally where Bruce's force camped in December 1307. During the Battle of Slioch, Bruce lay ill at Sliach in a camp which his followers had formed and entrenched. No evidence of a camp now to be seen.
Last Update15/05/2020

National Grid Reference: NJ 5648 3879


Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAMPS SITE OFA100

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National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
RNRN 131,137 Air-oblique Black & White 28/05/1970

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
02283OLD STATISTICAL ACCOUNT 1799  EdinburghNo4(1792) 55-6  
01557New Statistical Account    EDINBURGHNo12(1843) 301  
01105EPITAPHS & INSCRIPTIONS,VOL 2A JERVISE1879  EDINBURGH258  
00022ABERDEEN JOURNAL N & Q     (1911) 219  
05949EARLY CASTLES OF ABERDEENSHIREN BOGDAN2008     2008

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Drumblade
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.
Altitude190
Geology 
Topography Summit
Aspect 1360
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type 
Hydrology 

Measurements

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Shape 2
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Historic Land Use

Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD) A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes AD 1307.

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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