Building record MAB21522 - BALBITHAN WOOD

Remains of a hut circle recorded by field survey as part of a larger programme of archaeological work on the hut circles in the wood, the Kintore Landscapes Project (see NJ81NW0230).

Remains of a hut circle recorded by field survey as part of a larger programme of archaeological work on the hut circles in the wood, the Kintore Landscapes Project (see NJ81NW0230). It lies to the northwest of a previously known group of hut-circles (NJ81NW0003). Sample excavation was carried out in 2011. This hut circle (No. 5) measured 10.6 m internally and 15.6 m externally. No pottery was found but an assemblage of lithics was recovered, comprising 20 lithics from the structure and 20 lithics from test pits around it. These include a blade fragment made from chalcedony/jasper, an end scraper, a side scraper and other flakes. It was of two phases of construction, radiocarbon dating of the soil indicating it was built after 1669-1522 BC.

Period Notes
Radiocarbon dates: SUERC-36866 hut circle 5 hearth feature, 2990 +/-30 BP, calibrated to 1513-1414 BC at 2 sigma; SUERC-36871 hut circle 5 pre bank layer, 3315 +/-25 BP, calibrated to 1669-1522 BC at 2 sigma

COOK, M, 2014, BALBITHAN WOOD HUT CIRCLES, KINTORE, ABERDEENSHIRE: PROJECT DESIGN, Project Design (Bibliographic reference). SAB6666.

COOK, M, 2021, BALBITHAN WOOD, KINTORE, ABERDEENSHIRE: THE EVALUATION OF PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPES. (Bibliographic reference). SAB8226.

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Nov 2 2022 5:09PM