Cropmark record MAB63923 - MONTCOFFER
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Summary
Various crop marks are visible on a vertical aerial photograph.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 6844 6152 (295m by 377m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ66SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Alvah |
Type and Period (8)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Earlier Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1560 AD)
- BARROW? (Earlier Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1560 AD)
- CEMETERY (Earlier Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1560 AD)
- ENCLOSURE? (Earlier Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1560 AD)
- PIT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 401 AD)
- RING DITCH (Earlier Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1560 AD)
- Rig And Furrow (Earlier Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1560 AD)
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE (Earlier Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1560 AD)
Full Description
Various crop marks are visible on a vertical aerial photograph. There are several solid, dark, circular crop marks that may indicate timber hut stances, as well as a number of pits scattered across the area. There is also one larger, dark solid circular shape though what this might represent is unknown. With a possible square barrow also visible this site could indicate an unenclosed settlement of late prehistoric date/early medieval date. The south west area is overlain with later medieval cultivation ploughing of rig and furrow. There are also a number of other indeterminate features visible.
MITCHELL, J, 2017, THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERIES OF NORTHERN PICTLAND IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 61:1, 1-40 (Bibliographic reference). SAB7517.
Jul 9 1976 , NJ66 S 2635071, NJ66 S 2635071 (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB17901.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ66SE0124;
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2020 1:04PM
