Aberdeenshire HER - NJ63SE0003 - MAINS OF WILLIAMSTON

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ63SE0003
Name	MAINS OF WILLIAMSTON
NMRS Card No.	NJ63SE4
NMRS Numlink	18266
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a cairn. The OS Name Book (1867) records that a portion of the cairn had been removed a few years previously when black earth had been revealed. OS site visit 1969 noted that all that remained were several large, loose stones scattered within a fenced enclosure. RCAHMS site visit found little trace of the cairn within a copse of trees on a low rise, although the copse is obscured by field-cleared stones that have been dumped over many years.
Last Update	21/09/2020

National Grid Reference: NJ 6539 3117

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 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS		REMAINS OF	A	100

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National Status

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Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No23(1867) 51

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Culsalmond
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	153
Geology
Topography	Rise
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Agricultural
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

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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

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Maritime Archaeology

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