Aberdeenshire HER - NJ81NW0008 - PEATHILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ81NW0008
Name	PEATHILL
NMRS Card No.	NJ81NW9
NMRS Numlink	19510
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a circular mound or tumulus in which three urns and cremated bone were found. The urns were removed but the bones were re-buried in the original spot. The tumulus is being ploughed down but the farmer has found nothing on the surface. Adjacent to the east is the remains of a stone circle (NJ81NW0002).
Last Update	15/07/2019

National Grid Reference: NJ 8204 1906

Easting: 380239, Northing: 797382

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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.
		URNS		Stray Find		Unknown

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
TUMULII		REMAINS OF	A	100
URNS	CINERARY		B	100
BONES	HUMAN	BURNT	C	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01557	New Statistical Account					EDINBURGH	No12(1845) 744

Location

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

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	95
Geology
Topography	Mound
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type	3w
Hydrology

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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

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Maritime Archaeology

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