Cropmark record MAB65310 - MAINS OF DUNNOTTAR
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Summary
Cropmarks of ring-ditches, circular enclosures, and souterrains are visible in a field to the south side of the track to Dunnottar Castle.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 8765 8370 (352m by 245m) Centred at - Polygon: Unknown Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO88SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Dunnottar |
Type and Period (9)
- RIDGE AND FURROW (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- SETTLEMENT (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- SOUTERRAIN (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- BOUNDARY (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- PIT (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- RING DITCH? (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- Rig And Furrow (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE? (Late Upper Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 40000 BC to 1899 AD)
Full Description
Cropmarks of ring-ditches, circular enclosures, and souterrains are visible in a field to the south side of the track to Dunnottar Castle. The car park overlies what looks like part of wide trace of an oval enclosure. There are a number of pits and a few dark 'blobs' which might indicate hut stances. Part of a curvilinear mark appears to curve round a souterrain and dark solid sub-square mark. This may represent part of an enclosure, or may be a trackway. These marks are partially overlain by later linear features, some of which are rig and furrow and others probably represent field boundaries. Evaluation on the site of a proposed car park extension in the northwest corner of the field showed that the wide curving cropmark south of the existing car park was the remains of a mill lade from Mains of Dunnottar Farm. The only other features observed in the trial trenches were agricultural drains.
MURRAY, HK & JC, 2007, DUNNOTTAR CASTLE CAR PARK EXTENSION - ARCH EVAL, WB report (Bibliographic reference). SAB2980.
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2008, DISCOVERY & EXCAVATION SCOTLAND, p.17 (HK&JC Murray) (Bibliographic reference). SAB4029.
Jul 18 1984 , AAS/84/06/R12/1-2, AAS/84/06/R12/1-2 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16109.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO88SE0020;
External Links (0)
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SAB16109 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 18 1984 . AAS/84/06/R12/1-2. Black & White. AAS/84/06/R12/1-2.
- --- SAB2980 Bibliographic reference: MURRAY, HK & JC. 2007. DUNNOTTAR CASTLE CAR PARK EXTENSION - ARCH EVAL. WB report.
- --- SAB4029 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2008. DISCOVERY & EXCAVATION SCOTLAND. Y. p.17 (HK&JC Murray).
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Apr 1 2025 12:45PM
