Aberdeenshire HER - NO59NE0059 - BIRSE

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNO59NE0059
NameBIRSE
NMRS Card No.NO59NE80
NMRS Numlink168319
Site Form Crop Mark (Includes Soil Mark)
Site Condition AP visible Only
Details Cropmarks of circular enclosures, pits, ring-ditches and possible souterrains showing in cereal crops. Some of the enclosures show as incomplete features. There are also faint trackways showing. All are over a fairly extensive area of three fields. There are also traces of rectangular enclosures which may represent earlier field boundaries, with faint traces of rig and furrow showing as cropmarks over part of the area.
Last Update16/07/2012

National Grid Reference: NO 5516 9708


Easting: 375050, Northing: 796000

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Date of Compilation 

Event Details


Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

Samples 
Palynology 
Ecofact Notes 

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CROPMARKS AP VISIBLEA100
RING-DITCHES AP VISIBLEB100
ENCLOSURESCIRCULARAP VISIBLEC100
SOUTERRAINS AP VISIBLED100
PITS AP VISIBLEE100
TRACKWAYS AP VISIBLEF100
RIG & FURROW AP VISIBLEG100

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National Status

Regional Status


Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
AASAAS/00/11/G26/4-9 Air-oblique Black & White 20/07/2000
AASAAS/00/11/CT1-8 Air-oblique Colour Transparency 20/07/2000

Bibliographic Detail


Location

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

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude125
Geology 
Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1NE
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type 
Hydrology 

Measurements

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Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter 
Length 
Width 
Thickness 
Depth 
Area 
Height 

Historic Land Use


Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Prehistoric period uncertain A100    

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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