Aberdeenshire HER - NO89SW0006 - RAEDYKES CENTRE 1

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO89SW0006
Name	RAEDYKES CENTRE 1
NMRS Card No.	NO89SW8
NMRS Numlink	37184
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Ring cairn, the southeastern of two centre ring-cairns of this group of four, composed of irregular stones and covered by coarse grass and whins. There is a kerb of small stones, none higher than 0.30m. The edge of the central hollow is indefinite with no facing stones visible. There is no evidence that there was ever a circle of standing stones round the cairn. The cairn is now oval and measures 8.5m by 7.7m, height 0.5m.
Last Update	24/11/2020

National Grid Reference: NO 8327 9060

Easting: 368756, Northing: 864243

Compiler
Date of Compilation	13/10/1977

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
CAIRNS	RING	REMAINS OF	A	100
STONES	KERB	REMAINS OF	B	100

Google Map for NO89SW0006

National Status

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

Regional Status

Regional Status
Site of Regional Significance

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
AAS	AAS/93/07/G17/9-14	Air-oblique	Black & White	04/03/1993

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01951	PSAS 57(1922-3) 20-8	J RITCHIE	1923				20-8
00861	CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOT 1	AS HENSHALL	1963			EDINBURGH	401
01881	N KINC LIST		0				No14
09298	ABERDEEN AND NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND (2ND ED)	I SHEPHERD	1996			Edinburgh/HMSO	p. 157		1996

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Fetteresso
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	193
Geology
Topography	Summit
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Rough Grazing
Vegetation
Soil Type	5w
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan	Y
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter	8.53
Length
Width
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

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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