Aberdeenshire HER - NJ63SW0034 - COLPY FARM

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ63SW0034
Name	COLPY FARM
NMRS Card No.	NJ63SW14
NMRS Numlink	18277
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a cairn which measured 10 ft in diameter and 7 ft high, bit was removed before 1867 to build dykes. Two stone circles are mentioned at Colpy Farm in the OS Name Book 1867 - this site may be one of the two. See also NJ63SW0001.
Last Update	20/10/2023

National Grid Reference: NJ 6407 3259

Easting: 370980, Northing: 815660

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
CAIRNS		SITE OF	A	95
STONE-CIRCLES		SITE OF	B	85

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National Status

Regional Status

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) 21

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Culsalmond
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Automated
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	No access.
Altitude	155
Geology
Topography	Spur
Aspect 1	SW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter	3.04
Length
Width
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

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Architect Details

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Maritime Archaeology

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