Cropmark record MAB63970 - NEWMILLS BRIDGE
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Summary
A possible circular enclosure is visible in a field of cereal crop on a vertical aerial photograph.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 5741 5951 (342m by 218m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ55NE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Fordyce |
Type and Period (6)
- BARROW (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Early Medieval - 40000 BC to 901 AD)
- CEMETERY (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Early Medieval - 40000 BC to 901 AD)
- ENCLOSURE? (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Early Medieval - 40000 BC to 901 AD)
- PIT (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Early Medieval - 40000 BC to 901 AD)
- RING DITCH? (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Early Medieval - 40000 BC to 901 AD)
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Early Medieval - 40000 BC to 901 AD)
Full Description
A possible circular enclosure is visible in a field of cereal crop on a vertical aerial photograph. This may represent a ring ditch of either a hut stance or a burial site. There is also a dark crescentic shape that may indicate a souterrain. Also within the area are several small pits, and at least three small square crop mark features and a dark solid square that could possibly represent square barrows, related to a Pictish barrow cemetery site. There are also a number of linear crop marks which are probably of a later period.
MITCHELL, J, 2017, THE MONUMENTAL CEMETERIES OF NORTHERN PICTLAND IN MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY, 61:1, 1-40 (Bibliographic reference). SAB7517.
Jul 9 1976 , 2635158/NJ56 S, 2635158/NJ56 S (Air-vertical Photograph). SAB17278.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ55NE0015;
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2020 1:03PM
