Aberdeenshire HER - NO67NW0011 - LONGSIDE HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO67NW0011
Name	LONGSIDE HILL
NMRS Card No.	NO67NW4
NMRS Numlink	36102
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of unenclosed settlement, comprising two hut circles 50m apart. Hut 1 has walls 1.4m thick, 0.5m high with an entrance to the east-southeast, the interior dug into the slope. Hut 2 has walls 2m thick, 0.3m high with an entrance to the southeast, the interior also dug into the slope. Some 100m to the west of the huts, outside the banks of a later field-system (NO67NW0012), there is a group of 12 stone clearance heaps.
Last Update	30/05/2023

National Grid Reference: NO 6375 7808

Easting: 386100, Northing: 821100

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
SETTLEMENTS		UNENCLOSED	A	100
HUT-CIRCLES			B	100
CAIRNS	SMALL	CLEARANCE	C	100
BANKS	FIELD	REMAINS OF	D	100

Google Map for NO67NW0011

National Status

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

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
RCM	KC/1157-63, 1167-8 (1982)	Air-oblique	Black & White

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01885	S KINC LIST					EDINBURGH	No155

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Fordoun
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.
Altitude	300
Geology
Topography	Moderate Slope
Aspect 1	SE
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Rough Grazing
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter	11
Length	9
Width	8
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Prehistoric period uncertain	A	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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