Aberdeenshire HER - NJ81SE0010 - PARKHILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ81SE0010
Name	PARKHILL
NMRS Card No.	NJ81SE13
NMRS Numlink	19515
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of two cists. The first, found in 1867 during making of a railway cutting, contained a N2 beaker and bones. The second, found 1881, had a base covered with small pebbles and charcoal fragments. It contained bones, in fragmentary state, of a male, 5ft 9in tall, aged 25-30 years, and also bones of a boar.
Last Update	20/06/2023

National Grid Reference: NJ 8910 1470

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Event Date	Event Type
1905	Excavation
1905	Excavation

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
0	1867						100
10	1881						100

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
	1867	BEAKER		Excavation		Aberdeen University Museums
10	1883	BEAKER		Excavation		National Museum of Scotland	EG 2

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CISTS	SHORT		A	100
BONES	HUMAN		B	100
BONES	HUMAN	MALE	C	100
BONES		BOAR	D	100
BEAKERS			E	100
CHARCOAL			F	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
00642	PSAS 16(1881-2) 69-72	W FERGUSON	1882				69-72
01351	PSAS 39(1904-5) 431-4	A LOW	1905				431-2
01863	ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF SPECIMENS FROM PREHIST INTERMENTS IN THE NE OF SCOTLAND IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUS, MARISCHAL COLLEGE	RW REID	1924				No 4, 14		1924
00001	A STUDY OF THE BRONZE AGE POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND AND ITS ASSOCIATED GRAVE-GOODS	J ABERCROMBY	1912			OXFORD	90-1 FIGS 238,253
00274	BEAKER POTTERY OF GB & NI	DL CLARKE	1970			CAMBRIDGE	338,351 FIGS 471,585

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Newmachar
Positional Accuracy	Location only
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Automated
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	No access.
Altitude	45
Geology
Topography	Rise
Aspect 1	SW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Disused Railway
Vegetation
Soil Type	3s
Hydrology

Measurements

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Shape 2
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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	2300 BC - 2030 BC

Period Notes

Period Notes

Cist 2 2300-2040 cal BC (OxA-V-2243-54) (3777 +/- 32 BP). 2210-2030 cal BC (V-2243-56) (3723 +/- 28 BP)

Architect Details

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Maritime Archaeology

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