Aberdeenshire HER - NO88NW0022 - NEWBIGGING

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO88NW0022
Name	NEWBIGGING
NMRS Card No.	NO88NW23
NMRS Numlink	36973
Site Form	Earthwork
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	An unusual linear earthwork which runs east-northeast to west-southwest through a small forestry plantation. There are two gaps in the earthwork, which stops abruptly at both ends. There is no evidence for the date or purpose, but it may be associated with Raedykes Roman Camp (NO89SW0002).
Last Update	25/11/2020

National Grid Reference: NO 8429 8959

Easting: 1464, Northing: 6643

Compiler	RCM
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
				RCAHMS	RCM	RCM	100

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
EARTHWORKS	LINEAR		A	100

Google Map for NO88NW0022

National Status

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

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	DG9841-4	Ground		23/09/2008
AAS	AAS/GR/77/CT123, 129	Ground	Colour Transparency	01/01/1977
AAS	AAS/GR/77/CT135-136	Ground	Colour Transparency	01/01/1977

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01881	N KINC LIST		0				No212		1983

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Fetteresso
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	130
Geology
Topography	Moderate Slope
Aspect 1	SW
Aspect 2	Closed
Current Land Use	Coniferous Woodland
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length	180
Width	4.5
Thickness
Depth	1.1
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Roman Iron Age (1 AD - 250 AD)	A	85

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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