Document record MAB62545 - HERSCHA HILL
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Summary
Site of a stone circle which consisted of a single circle of seven large boulders.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 7341 8023 (40m by 40m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO78SW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Fordoun |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Site of a stone circle which consisted of a single circle of seven large boulders. Jervise (1859) recorded that the '.. had evidently been set on end, but are now thrown down', and suggested that at one time there were probably more stones due to the irregular distances between those remaining. When excavated nothing was found. Now no trace. When the farmer of Newlands reclaimed the land circa 1945, he removed several large boulders to a strip of woodland circa 250m to the west where they remain. They are of irregular shape and size, and are too small to be the pillars of a stone circle, though they may have been the stones of a kerb cairn about 23m in diameter.
JERVISE, A, 1857, PSAS 2(1854-7) 466, 466 (Bibliographic reference). SAB903.
ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No9(1868) 44 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.
RCAHMS, n.d., N KINC LIST, No43 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1509.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- NMR Card Number: NO78SW4;
- NRHE Numlink: 36617;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO78SW0003;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/36617 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (3)
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jul 30 2020 8:39AM
