Angus HER - NO25NE0001 - TORRAX

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO25NE0001
Name	TORRAX
NMRS Card No.	NO25NE1
NMRS Numlink	30984
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a cairn. Shown on the 1st edition OS map (c.1846), a burial cairn stands on a flat area on the south of Melgam Water, to the north of Torrax Hill. It has been investigated at some stage as it has been trenched on the eastern side and the remains of a central cist is also exposed. Overgrown with heather, it is 13m in diameter and has a maximum height of 1.2m.
Last Update	16/08/2017

National Grid Reference: NO 2615 5642

Easting: 347900, Northing: 734200

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
	1983				RCM	RCM
11	1967				OS	OS

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CISTS	SHORT	REMAINS OF	B	100
BURIALS	HUMAN		C	100
CAIRNS	ROUND	REMAINS OF	A	100

Google Map for NO25NE0001

National Status

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

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
358		H Coutts	1970			Dundee	14, No.22
01656	Original Name Book		1860				Book No.62, 53		1860
2028			1983			Edinburgh	12, No.75

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Lintrathen
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Automated
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Point

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	240
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Ancient Monument
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1	Circular
Shape 2	Solid
Diameter	13
Length
Width
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height	0.7

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

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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