Cropmark record MAB64056 - WESTER FINTRAY
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Summary
Cropmarks of a circular enclosure, pits showing as faint dark traces and dark blobs and also a faint trace of rig and furrow.
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument 12438
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 8094 1580 (198m by 193m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ81NW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Fintray |
Type and Period (6)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Medieval - 40000 BC to 1560 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Medieval - 40000 BC to 1560 AD)
- FLINT SCATTER (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Medieval - 40000 BC to 1560 AD)
- PIT (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Medieval - 40000 BC to 1560 AD)
- Rig And Furrow (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Medieval - 40000 BC to 1560 AD)
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Medieval - 40000 BC to 1560 AD)
Full Description
Cropmarks of a circular enclosure, pits showing as faint dark traces and dark blobs and also a faint trace of rig and furrow. Test pitting in 2004 (as part of the Kintore Landscape Project - see NJ81NW0198) revealed a flint narrow blade assemblage including debitage cores and burn material that has been tentatively dated to the Mesolithic. An excavation was undertaken in 2005. Two sections were excavated across the ditch of the enclosure, which revealed contrasting ditch profiles: one was 1.5m wide and up to 1m deep, with 2 or 3 recuts. The second profile was 0.9m wide and up to 0.4m deep and was recut at least once. The variance might be due to the two features being unrelated. Within the enclosure was at least one roundhouse with a sunken floor.
AB/4542 (1977), AB/4542 (1977) (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB14515.
COOK, M, 2005, DES VOL5, 2004, p.15-16 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3965.
test-pitting
AOC ARCHAEOLOGY, 2005, KINTORE LANDSCAPE PROJECT, PHASE 1: WESTER FINTRAY. DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB3622.
COOK, M, 2006, DES VOL6, 2005, P.15 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3947.
EXCAVATION
COOK, M, 2013, OPEN OR ENCLOSED: SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND HILLFORT CONSTRUCTION IN STRATHDON, 1800BC - AD1000 IN PPS 79, PP327-352 (Bibliographic reference). SAB6619.
Jul 12 1994 , AAS/94/12/G24/14-5, AAS/94/12/G24/14-5 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15518.
Jul 12 1994 , AAS/94/12/G25/2-5, AAS/94/12/G25/2-5 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15519.
Jul 16 2001 , AAS/01/5/CT31-4, AAS/01/5/CT31-4 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB17732.
Jul 16 2001 , AAS/01/5/G7/9-12, AAS/01/5/G7/9-12 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB17731.
Jul 27 1983 , AAS/83/11/R28/9,10, AAS/83/11/R28/9,10 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB14516.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Scheduled Monument Number: 12438;
- NMR Card Number: NJ81NW53;
- NRHE Numlink: 83679;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ81NW0031;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM12438 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/83679 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (10)
- --- SAB14515 Air-oblique Photograph: AB/4542 (1977). Black & White. AB/4542 (1977).
- --- SAB14516 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 27 1983 . AAS/83/11/R28/9,10. Black & White. AAS/83/11/R28/9,10.
- --- SAB15518 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 12 1994 . AAS/94/12/G24/14-5. Black & White. AAS/94/12/G24/14-5.
- --- SAB15519 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 12 1994 . AAS/94/12/G25/2-5. Black & White. AAS/94/12/G25/2-5.
- --- SAB17731 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 16 2001 . AAS/01/5/G7/9-12. Black & White. AAS/01/5/G7/9-12.
- --- SAB17732 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 16 2001 . AAS/01/5/CT31-4. Colour Transparency. AAS/01/5/CT31-4.
- --- SAB3622 Bibliographic reference: AOC ARCHAEOLOGY. 2005. KINTORE LANDSCAPE PROJECT, PHASE 1: WESTER FINTRAY. DATA STRUCTURE REPORT. DSR.
- --- SAB3947 Bibliographic reference: COOK, M. 2006. DES VOL6, 2005. Y. P.15.
- --- SAB3965 Bibliographic reference: COOK, M. 2005. DES VOL5, 2004. Y. p.15-16.
- --- SAB6619 Bibliographic reference: COOK, M. 2013. OPEN OR ENCLOSED: SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND HILLFORT CONSTRUCTION IN STRATHDON, 1800BC - AD1000 IN PPS 79, PP327-352.
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Record last edited
Oct 14 2019 5:04PM
