Earthwork record MAB44435 - CONYNG HILLOCK

Hillock, used as a burial mound.

Hillock, used as a burial mound. It is possibly a natural mound, similar to the Bass (NJ72SE0013), but its present sharp outline suggests that it has been scarped in fairly recent times. It is now grass and tree-covered, and is situated amongst the back gardens of three houses to the north of Barclay Road. It is a rounded cone in shape, and measures circa 25 m east-west by 20 m north-south and stands circa 5.4 m high. A beaker and fragments of charred wood were found in 1902/3 at the centre of the top of the mound. A trial trenching evaluation took place in 1994 prior to a planning application. A 1.7 m wide trench was cut by mechanical digger. This revealed the remains of a wide shallow ditch, 12 m wide by 1 m deep, circa 5.6 m from the base of the existing hillock. A 0.14 m thick layer of silty clayey soil lay at the foot of this ditch which in turn was sealed by a 0.3 m thick layer of very dark soil over the ditch. Above this lay brown humic garden soil varying in depth from 0.63 m to 1.5m deep. The slight build-up of silt would suggest that the ditch has been open for some time in antiquity before being infilled with the darker soil. No artefacts or features were revealed. Adjacent to the site to the south, a watching brief in 1988 revealed traces of a ditch (NJ72SE0370). A watching brief carried out on a site adjacent to the north in 2023 also revelaed traces of a ditch (NJ72SE0445).

Period Notes
Clarke Type II Corded Beaker.

COLES, FR, 1903, REPORT ON THE STONE CIRCLES OF NORTH-EASTERN SCOTLAND, CHIEFLY IN AUCHTERLESS AND FORGUE IN PSAS 37 (1903), 82-142, 230-2, FIG 32 (Bibliographic reference). SAB233.

BEAKER

MITCHELL, MEC, 1934, PSAS 68(1933-4) 132-89, 177 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1214.

BEAKER

MOW, 1962, A.M'S SCOT., 7 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1204.

BEAKER

CLARKE, DL, 1970, BEAKER POTTERY OF GB & NI, 282, FIG 15 No1445 (Bibliographic reference). SAB228.

BEAKER

MG/SM, 1994, FIELD EVALUATION - "CORTES", PARKVIEW, INVERURIE 9 NOVEMBER 1994, WB report (Bibliographic reference). SAB2632.

CARTER, S, 1998, THE BURGH OF INVERURIE.TYPESCRIPT FOR PSAS (Bibliographic reference). SAB3875.

Jan 1 1909 , AB 3763 PO, AB 3763 PO (Ground Photograph). SAB20241.

Jan 1 1909 , AB 3764 PO, AB 3764 PO (Ground Photograph). SAB20242.

Jan 1 1985 , AAS/GR/85/CT100-102, AAS/GR/85/CT100-102 (Ground Photograph). SAB32656.

Jan 5 1988 , HA 1-13, HA 1-13 (Ground Photograph). SAB33536.

Jan 7 1988 , POLAROID, POLAROID (Ground Photograph). SAB14232.

Jun 14 1985 , EN 26, EN 26 (Ground Photograph). SAB14231.

Mar 14 1985 , SR 10, SR 10 (Ground Photograph). SAB14230.

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Sep 3 2024 10:18AM