Cropmark record MAB64944 - BURNHEAD OF MONBODDO 1

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Summary

A number of circular enclosures or ring-ditches, visible as crop marks, lie along a slight ridge towards the north of the area.

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Grid reference	Centred NO 7482 7925 (253m by 199m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent
Map sheet	NO77NW
Authority	Aberdeenshire
Civil Parish	Fordoun

Type and Period (4)

SETTLEMENT (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Late Roman Iron Age - 40000 BC to 401 AD)
SOUTERRAIN (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Late Roman Iron Age - 40000 BC to 401 AD)
ENCLOSURE (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Late Roman Iron Age - 40000 BC to 401 AD)
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE (Late Upper Palaeolithic to Late Roman Iron Age - 40000 BC to 401 AD)

Full Description

A number of circular enclosures or ring-ditches, visible as crop marks, lie along a slight ridge towards the north of the area. There is also a circular enclosure surrounded by a rectilinear enclosure. To the south is at least one souterrain and there are other indeterminate cropmarks visible in area. Some may represent burial sites while the souterrain would indicate a settlement site.

KC/1024 (1981), KC/1024 (1981) (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15699.

Aug 19 1987 , AAS(A)/87/02/S2/23-7, AAS(A)/87/02/S2/23-7 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15698.

Aug 19 1987 , AAS/87/02/CT3-4,10, AAS/87/02/CT3-4,10 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19841.

Jul 4 1996 , AAS/96/07/CT50,52, AAS/96/07/CT50,52 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16420.

Jul 4 1996 , AAS/96/07/G19/1-11, AAS/96/07/G19/1-11 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16419.

Jul 5 1982 , AAS/82/09/R3/10-3, AAS/82/09/R3/10-3 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15696.

Jul 7 1989 , AAS/89/04/CT17,24-28, AAS/89/04/CT17,24-28 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19728.

Jul 7 1989 , AAS/89/04/CT2-3,8,10,13-4, AAS/89/04/CT2-3,8,10,13-4 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19727.

Jul 18 1989 , AAS/89/05/CT39,44-6, AAS/89/05/CT39,44-6 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19752.

Jul 24 1982 , AAS/82/15/R24/12-3, AAS/82/15/R24/12-3 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15697.

Jul 24 1989 , AAS/89/07/CT31-6, AAS/89/07/CT31-6 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB19769.

Jul 25 1981 , AAS/81/07/R5/17-9, AAS/81/07/R5/17-9 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15694.

Jul 26 1981 , AAS/81/08/R6/32-6, AAS/81/08/R6/32-6 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB15695.

Jul 26 1981 , AAS/81/8/CT1-12, AAS/81/8/CT1-12 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB18933.

RCAHMS, n.d., S KINC LIST, No165 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1512.

Other Statuses/References

Authority: ASH;
NMR Card Number: NO77NW28;
NRHE Numlink: 36454;
Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO77NW0024;

External Links (1)

https://www.trove.scot/place/36454 (trove.scot link)

Sources/Archives (15)

--- SAB1512 Bibliographic reference: RCAHMS. n.d.. S KINC LIST. No165.
--- SAB15694 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 25 1981 . AAS/81/07/R5/17-9. Black & White. AAS/81/07/R5/17-9.
--- SAB15695 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 26 1981 . AAS/81/08/R6/32-6. Black & White. AAS/81/08/R6/32-6.
--- SAB15696 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 5 1982 . AAS/82/09/R3/10-3. Black & White. AAS/82/09/R3/10-3.
--- SAB15697 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 24 1982 . AAS/82/15/R24/12-3. Black & White. AAS/82/15/R24/12-3.
--- SAB15698 Air-oblique Photograph: Aug 19 1987 . AAS(A)/87/02/S2/23-7. Black & White. AAS(A)/87/02/S2/23-7.
--- SAB15699 Air-oblique Photograph: KC/1024 (1981). Black & White. KC/1024 (1981).
--- SAB16419 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 4 1996 . AAS/96/07/G19/1-11. Black & White. AAS/96/07/G19/1-11.
--- SAB16420 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 4 1996 . AAS/96/07/CT50,52. Colour Negative. AAS/96/07/CT50,52.
--- SAB18933 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 26 1981 . AAS/81/8/CT1-12. Colour Transparency. AAS/81/8/CT1-12.
--- SAB19727 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 7 1989 . AAS/89/04/CT2-3,8,10,13-4. Colour Transparency. AAS/89/04/CT2-3,8,10,13-4.
--- SAB19728 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 7 1989 . AAS/89/04/CT17,24-28. Colour Transparency. AAS/89/04/CT17,24-28.
--- SAB19752 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 18 1989 . AAS/89/05/CT39,44-6. Colour Transparency. AAS/89/05/CT39,44-6.
--- SAB19769 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 24 1989 . AAS/89/07/CT31-6. Colour Transparency. AAS/89/07/CT31-6.
--- SAB19841 Air-oblique Photograph: Aug 19 1987 . AAS/87/02/CT3-4,10. Colour Transparency. AAS/87/02/CT3-4,10.

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Record last edited

Aug 23 2010 11:08AM