Aberdeenshire HER - NJ81SW0001 - KINELLAR CHURCH

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ81SW0001
NameKINELLAR CHURCH
NMRS Card No.NJ81SW1
NMRS Numlink19545
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of stone circle. There is a faint trace of a possible circular crop mark in the field to the south on a vertical aerial photograph taken in 1978. Only one of the stones is now set in the churchyard wall as the wall has been re-aligned. This stone is 2.9m long and 0.8m thick. The other stone, now buried in the graveyard flush with the ground, is 2.6m long and 0.8m thick. There are no other remains of the circle to be seen. The south wall of Kinellar kirkyard dyke incorporates two massive stones, and it has been speculated that they are the remains of a recumbent stone circle. The west stone measures 2.85m in length by at least 0.85m in height and 0.6m in thickness. The other lies 5.15m to the east in the angle of the wall, but little of this is visible, and no meaningful measurements could be made.
Last Update26/11/2020

National Grid Reference: NJ 8216 1440


Easting: 0, Northing: 0

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Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

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Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STONE-CIRCLES REMAINS OFA100

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National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
BKSNJ81S 2794122 Air-vertical Black & White 21/09/1978
AASDG3119 Ground Digital 08/02/2011

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
00279REPORT ON STONE CIRCLES IN ABERDEENSHIRE IN PSAS 36(1901-2) 488-581FR COLES1902   503-4, FIG 20  

Location

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

Environment

Constraints A public monument, open all hours (free).
Altitude120
Geology 
Topography Ridge
Aspect 1E,W
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Ecclesiastic
Vegetation
Soil Type3s
Hydrology 

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Shape 2
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Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC) A100    

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