Building record MAB23190 - HILL OF FISHRIE

A desk-based assessment and reconnaissance field survey in 2008 ahead of a proposed windfarm over this area, recorded a number of features.

A desk-based assessment and reconnaissance field survey in 2008 ahead of a proposed windfarm over this area, recorded a number of features. A short section of hollow-way at NJ 8209859015 measured 2-3 m wide and 0.4 m deep, a section of which had been revetted where it crosses a small burn. It may be a continuation of a track shown on the OS 1st edition map. A section of turf field bank was visible in dense heather at NJ 8203858759. The bank is aligned north-south, 50 m long 1-1.5 m wide and 0.5 m high. It may be the remains of an earlier field boundary . A row of small clearance cairns were recorded at NJ 8196658963. Eighteen cairns were identified, ranging from 2-12 m in length and 1-5 m in width, standing between 0.3 and 0.4 m high. They reflect the edge of an improved pasture field. A trackway/old road depicted on the OS 1st edition map running from Middlehill to the old parish boundary between King Edward and Aberdour parishes, was identified during field survey as a broad heathery terrace 5 m wide and running for circa 1 km across the moorland. No metalled surface was visible. It is bounded on each side by a ditch 0.5 m deep and large bank 2 m wide and 0.8 m high. A cairn at NJ 8209859015 was thought to be recent, relating to repairs of the track. A line of 8 grouse butts lay at NJ 8235658959.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2011, HILL OF FISHRIE WIND FARM, NEAR NEW PITSLIGO, ABERDEENSHIRE: CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, Cultural Herit Assmt (Bibliographic reference). SAB6681.

INFINIS, 2011, HILL OF FISHRIE WINDFARM ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT, Envtal Statement (Bibliographic reference). SAB875.

INFINIS, 2011, HILL OF FISHRIE WINDFARM ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT, p.25-26 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1318.

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