Aberdeenshire HER - NJ60SW0032 - BALNACRAIG HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ60SW0032
Name	BALNACRAIG HILL
NMRS Card No.	NJ60SW24
NMRS Numlink	94010
Site Form	Earthwork
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of an oval embanked enclosure with a secondary internal bank. Possibly a plantation enclosure, but the second bank may negate this.
Last Update	27/07/2011

National Grid Reference: NJ 6077 0429

Easting: 365034, Northing: 773549

Compiler	MKG
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
ENCLOSURES	OVAL	EMBANKED	A	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/00/06/CT2-4	Air-oblique	Colour Transparency	16/03/2000
AAS	AAS/00/06/G20/1-3,6	Air-oblique	Black & White	16/03/2000

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
00849	DES 2000: Aberdeenshire, Aerial Reconnaisance	M GREIG	2000			CSA. EDINBURGH	p8		2000

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Lumphanan
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	175
Geology
Topography	Moderate Slope
Aspect 1	E
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Rough Grazing
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

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

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Unknown	A	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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