Aberdeenshire HER - NJ64SW0003 - FORGUE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ64SW0003
Name	FORGUE
NMRS Card No.	NJ64SW3
NMRS Numlink	18367
Site Form	Artefact
Site Condition	Unknown
Details	Cup-marked stone, of greyish gneissos rock measuring 0.5m by 0.3m by 0.2m, found in a burn on the Glebe at Forgue. There are nine cupmarks on one side, six of which have encircling rings: two simple cups, one cup with a radial, two cups with single rings, one cup with single ring and radial, and three cups with possible keyhole and radial motifs.
Last Update	31/12/2021

National Grid Reference: NJ 6100 4492

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
		CUP-MARKED STONE		Stray Find		National Museum of Scotland	IA 24

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
STONES	CUP & RING		A	100

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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
00423	PSAS 30(1895-6)		1896				202

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Forgue
Positional Accuracy	Location only
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Standard
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Point

Environment

Constraints
Altitude	77
Geology
Topography	River Bank
Aspect 1
Aspect 2
Current Land Use
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length	0.5
Width	0.3
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC)	A	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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