Aberdeenshire HER - NJ65NE0005 - MAINS OF AUCHINBADIE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ65NE0005
Name	MAINS OF AUCHINBADIE
NMRS Card No.	NJ65NE5
NMRS Numlink	18387
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of stone circle which was removed before 1867. A slight circular trace is visible on a vertical aerial photograph taken in 1977 slightly to the south of the position marked as the site on present maps, which might argue that this is the original site of the stone circle.
Last Update	05/08/2015

National Grid Reference: NJ 6890 5868

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
STONE-CIRCLES		SITE OF	A	100

Google Map for NJ65NE0005

National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
BKS	NJ65N 2715071	Air-vertical	Black & White	28/05/1977

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No2(1867) 56
00282	PSAS 93(1959-60) 16-134	JM COLES	1960				92
02238	NOTICE OF THE EARLY ECCLESIASTICAL SETTLEMENT.....AND OF RECENT EXCAVATION AT THE HA' HILLOCK. PSAS 2(1854-6) 368-72	J STUART	1857				371
00446	PSAS 5(1862-4)		1864				11
02255	SCOTLANDS ANCIENT TREASURE	RBK STEVENSON	1951		Y		12

Location

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

Environment

Constraints	No access.
Altitude	40
Geology
Topography	Shelf
Aspect 1	SE
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
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
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC)	A	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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