Building record MAB26011 - TULLOS HILL
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Summary
Remains of a burial cairn, comprising a sub-circular raised stony feature.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9522 0322 (40m by 40m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ90SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire City |
| Civil Parish | Aberdeen |
Type and Period (5)
- CAIRN (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Modern - 40000 BC to 2050 AD)
- LITHIC SCATTER (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Modern - 40000 BC to 2050 AD)
- RING DITCH (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Modern - 40000 BC to 2050 AD)
- PIT (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Modern - 40000 BC to 2050 AD)
- CREMATION (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Modern - 40000 BC to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
Full Description
Remains of a burial cairn, comprising a sub-circular raised stony feature. This is one of 150 possible new sites discovered during a survey in the spring of 2004 by CFA field survey (NJ90SE0586). Community excavation directed by CFA carried out in July 2010 showed this to be a burial cairn of prehistoric date. A robber pit in the centre overlies a small internal ring-ditch surrounding a deposit of cremated bone. It is not clear whether the ring-ditch and cremation were contemporary with the body of the cairn. A small number of worked flints, a hammerstone and a stone with a pecked depression were recovered during the excavation. A second phase of community excavation directed by CFA in August - September 2012 examined a second quadrant of the cairn. The cairn was shown to be 8m in diameter, and its make-up incorporated a large number of quartz chunks and pebbles. The central area contained a stone-lined pit, the fill containing fragments of cremated bone. Four tiny fragments of fired clay and five small lithic artefacts were recovered from the topsoil. A 1938 5-Reichspfennig coin, recovered from the upper surfaces of the cairn, probably relates to the nearby POW camp at Peterseat (see NJ90SE0033).
Period Notes
Radiocarbon date GU-29530, 2893+/-29 BP, calibrated to 1209-981 BC at 2 sigma.
Author unknown, , PRESS & JOURNAL, 14/07/2010 p. 4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1416.
CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2004, TULLOS HILL, ABERDEEN, WALKOVER SURVEY (Bibliographic reference). SAB7086.
CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2010, TULLOS HILL, ABERDEEN: COMMUNITY EXCAVATION PROJECT: DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Excavation report (Bibliographic reference). SAB6846.
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2011, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 11, 2010, p. 12 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5535.
CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2012, TULLOS HILL, ABERDEEN: COMMUNITY EXCAVATION PROJECT: DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Excavation report (Bibliographic reference). SAB6849.
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2014, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 14, 2013, p. 12 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5483.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ACY;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ90SE0032;
External Links (0)
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SAB1416 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. . PRESS & JOURNAL. 14/07/2010 p. 4.
- --- SAB5483 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2014. DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 14, 2013. p. 12.
- --- SAB5535 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2011. DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 11, 2010. p. 12.
- --- SAB6846 Bibliographic reference: CFA ARCHAEOLOGY. 2010. TULLOS HILL, ABERDEEN: COMMUNITY EXCAVATION PROJECT: DATA STRUCTURE REPORT. Excavation report.
- --- SAB6849 Bibliographic reference: CFA ARCHAEOLOGY. 2012. TULLOS HILL, ABERDEEN: COMMUNITY EXCAVATION PROJECT: DATA STRUCTURE REPORT. Excavation report.
- --- SAB7086 Bibliographic reference: CFA ARCHAEOLOGY. 2004. TULLOS HILL, ABERDEEN, WALKOVER SURVEY.
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Record last edited
Jun 19 2023 12:33PM
