Aberdeenshire HER - NJ72SE0101 - WEST BALHALGARDY

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ72SE0101
Name	WEST BALHALGARDY
NMRS Card No.	NJ72SE106
NMRS Numlink	18868
Site Form	Crop Mark (Includes Soil Mark)
Site Condition	AP visible Only
Details	Cropmarks of up to five small square enclosures, possibly square barrows that probably relate to a Pictish barrow cemetery site.
Last Update	16/11/2020

National Grid Reference: NJ 7513 2353

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler	IAGS
Date of Compilation	23/11/2009

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
CEMETERIES		POSSIBLE	D	90
ENCLOSURES	SQUARE	AP VISIBLE	A	100
BARROWS	SQUARE	AP VISIBLE	B	80
CROPMARKS		AP VISIBLE	C	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/78/06/S6/23-9	Air-oblique	Black & White	16/08/1978

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
18420	THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERIES OF NORTHERN PICTLAND IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 61:1, 1-40	J MITCHELL	2017	Y					2017

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Chapel of Garioch
Positional Accuracy	Location only
Buffer Zone	5-10m
Buffer Type	Bespoke
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	No access.
Altitude	70
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	S
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1	Square
Shape 2	Open
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
Early Medieval (400 - 900 AD)	A	90

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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