Aberdeenshire HER - NJ82NW0027 - BARRA HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ82NW0027
Name	BARRA HILL
NMRS Card No.	NJ82NW28
NMRS Numlink	19655
Site Form	Artefact
Site Condition	Unknown
Details	A carved stone ball with six projecting knobs, 63mm in diameter. OS in 1969 noted that it had been found at least 40 years previously. Now in Barra Castle.
Last Update	06/11/2018

National Grid Reference: NJ 8020 2550

Easting: 388300, Northing: 800900

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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.
		CARVED STONE BALL		Stray Find		Personal Possession

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
BALLS	STONE	CARVED	A	100
KNOBS		PROJECTING	B	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

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
Altitude	155
Geology
Topography	Steep slope
Aspect 1
Aspect 2
Current Land Use
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter	0.06
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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