Aberdeenshire HER - NO87SW0019 - MIDDLE KNOX

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO87SW0019
Name	MIDDLE KNOX
NMRS Card No.	NO87SW16
NMRS Numlink	36843
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Fort or settlement, enclosed by turf-covered stony rampart supplemented by an outer rampart, 0.5 m high on the north side across neck of spur, with an entrance in the northwest. Vague footings of a small enclosure, circa 12 m across, immediately to the south of the entrance, inside the fort, may be a hut circle.
Last Update	10/10/2024

National Grid Reference: NO 8171 7028

Easting: 390200, Northing: 835300

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
FORTS		REMAINS OF	A	100
RAMPARTS		TURF-COVERED	B	100
HUT-CIRCLES		REMAINS OF	C	95

Google Map for NO87SW0019

National Status

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/83/02/R6/1	Air-oblique	Black & White
AAS	AAS/83/08/S4/7	Air-oblique	Black & White
RAF	CPE/SCOT/330:3094-5	Air-vertical	Black & White	03/04/1948

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01885	S KINC LIST					EDINBURGH	No146
01902	BAR 118	IBM RALSTON	1983				160

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Benholm
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.
Altitude	90
Geology
Topography	Spur
Aspect 1	S/SW
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Rough Grazing
Vegetation
Soil Type	3sg
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length	84
Width	39
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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