Aberdeenshire HER - NJ82NW0004 - BARRA HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ82NW0004
Name	BARRA HILL
NMRS Card No.	NJ82NW5
NMRS Numlink	19677
Site Form	Artefact
Site Condition	Complete 1
Details	A perforated stone mace-head, measuring 216mm long by 140mm broad, found in one of the ditches of the fort at Hill of Barra. Exhibited at the Arch. Institute in 1851 by Rev S W King.
Last Update	05/11/2018

National Grid Reference: NJ 8022 2562

Easting: 370750, Northing: 851340

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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.
		STONE MACE-HEAD	SWK	Stray Find		Personal Possession

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
MACE-HEADS		PERFORATED	A	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
00050	ARCH JOURNAL , 422		1851				422, ILL

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Bourtie
Positional Accuracy	Location only
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Automated
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Point

Environment

Constraints	No access.
Altitude	180
Geology
Topography	Steep slope
Aspect 1	SW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Rough Grazing
Vegetation	Species poor dry rough grass: 50% or more of tufted hair grass, wavy hair grass, the bent grasses, mat grass, etc.
Soil Type	4gs
Hydrology

Measurements

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Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC)	A	100

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Maritime Archaeology

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