Aberdeenshire HER - NJ55SE0003 - WETHER HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ55SE0003
Name	WETHER HILL
NMRS Card No.	NJ55SE5
NMRS Numlink	17914
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	An extensive field system which is delimited by lynchets, field banks and stone clearance heaps lies on the lower slopes of Wether Hill, to the east of Sunnyside Farm. There are the remains of two hut circles, one at NJ5688 5315, 11m diameter, 0.20m high and other 10m diameter by 0.1m high. Stone clearance heaps 7m in diameter and 0.5m high, are scattered across the area. ONB describe tumuli in this area in which urns and human remains were found. The area is now covered extensively in gorse, making it difficult to distiguish many features. The hut circles are now reduced and difficult to see.
Last Update	27/07/2017

National Grid Reference: NJ 5688 5364

Easting: 373320, Northing: 817520

Compiler
Date of Compilation	20/09/2002

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
FIELD-SYSTEMS			A	100
LYNCHETS			B	100
BANKS	FIELD		C	100
CAIRNS	SMALL	CLEARANCE	D	100
HUT-CIRCLES		REMAINS OF	E	100
CAIRNS	BURIAL	SITE OF	F	85
URNS			G	90
BURIALS	HUMAN	SITE OF	H	90

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National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
RNP	RN 121	Air-oblique	Black & White	28/05/1970
GRA	JL 23	Ground	Black & White	28/09/1989

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No23(1866) 23

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Marnoch
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.
Altitude	250
Geology
Topography	Moderate Slope
Aspect 1	NE,SE,SW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Rough Grazing
Vegetation	Grassland/heath scrub: 50% or gorse and/or broom.
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
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Shape 2
Diameter
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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
Prehistoric period uncertain	B	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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