Aberdeenshire HER - NJ95SW0007 - AUCHMACHAR

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNJ95SW0007
NameAUCHMACHAR
NMRS Card No.NJ95SW11
NMRS Numlink20746
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a recumbent stone circle which has been substantially mutilated. Some of the tallest stones (over 3.35m high) were removed in 1850, from the complete circle of nine stones. It was reduced to five stones in the southwest arc by 1870. By 1884 the remains consisted of the fire-shattered recumbent still in situ, the east flanker erect and in situ, the fallen west pillar with another fallen stone resting upon it, and another erect stone in situ in the northwest arc. Now reduced to the recumbent, one upright and one fallen flanker and one other upright. Some stones are piled together at field edge. An urn fragment in Arbuthnott museum is labelled 'found in 1840 beside the stone circle at Blackhill, Auchmachar'. It is not of Bronze Age type and the find spot was probably not noted with sufficient accuracy.
Last Update31/05/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 9485 5026


Easting: 325850, Northing: 808720

Compiler 
Date of Compilation13/12/1978

Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
  URN FRAGMENTS  Stray Find NE Scotland Museum Service  

Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STONE-CIRCLES RECUMBENTA100
URNSSHERD B80

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National Status

National Status
Scheduled (under AM + Arch Area Act 1979)

Regional Status


Photo Details


Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
01287INTERIM REPORT UPON SUCH OF THE STONE CIRCLES OF ABERDEENSHIRE AND KINCARDINESHIRE AS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AS ANCIENT MONUMENTSA KEILLER1927   13 1927
01447A M'S SCOT 1961  EDINBURGH7  
00314STONE CIRCLES OF THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOTLAND IN PSAS 38(1903-04) 256-305FR COLES1904   273-5, ILL  
01767PSAS 19(1884-85) 370-378J PETER1885   373-4  

Location

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

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude118
Geology 
Topography Shoulder
Aspect 1SE
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Permanent Pasture
Vegetation
Soil Type4s
Hydrology 

Measurements

Plan 
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter15.24
Length 
Width 
Thickness 
Depth 
Area 
Height 

Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Neolithic (4000 - 2500 BC) A100    
Bronze Age (2200 BC - 800 BC) B90    

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

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