Aberdeenshire HER - NJ74SW0006 - RAPPLABURN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ74SW0006
Name	RAPPLABURN
NMRS Card No.	NJ74SW7
NMRS Numlink	19224
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of recumbent stone circle, depicted on the OS 1st and 2nd edition maps as 'remains of' a stone circle. By that time it has been reduced to a pile of large stones and the OS Name Book (1871) records that many stones were removed and used for building purposes. Five stones were present in 1902, one of which measured 2.4m by 1.5m by 0.9m, suggested by Coles to be a recumbent. All five have since been removed and there are now no upstanding remains but there is a circular light patch showing on a vertical aerial photograph taken in 1977 at this location.
Last Update	26/10/2020

National Grid Reference: NJ 7270 4055

Easting: 368756, Northing: 864243

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
CROPMARKS		AP VISIBLE	B	100

Google Map for NJ74SW0006

National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
BKS	NJ74N 2731226	Air-vertical	Black & White	07/07/1977
RCM	SC 681504	Ground	Black & White	01/01/1922

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01656	Ordnance Name Book					EDINBURGH	No7(1871) 76
00280	REPORT ON THE STONE CIRCLES OF NORTH-EASTERN SCOTLAND, CHIEFLY IN AUCHTERLESS AND FORGUE IN PSAS 37 (1903), 82-142	FR COLES	1903			PSAS 37	106

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Auchterless
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	135
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	NE
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
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC)	A	100

Period Notes

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Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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