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Watching brief photographs from Trench 5, Underground Cable Project, N of Kirkton Farm, Colpy to Blackhall Road, Inverurie
551 387/1/118/120/125
Description Watching brief photographs from Trench 5, Underground Cable Project, N of Kirkton Farm, Colpy to Blackhall Road, Inverurie
Date 2016 to 2016
Collection Cameron Archaeology Ltd
Catalogue Number 551 387/1/118/120/125
Category All Other
Scope and Content The Scheduled Monument of East Blairbowie Standing Stone located at NJ7300 2288 is a relatively inconspicuous 1.2m tall standing stone situated immediately on the eastern edge of the north to south section of the minor road which connects Burnside of Balquhain and Balquhain Mains, approximately 3.5km NE of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. On September 16th 2016, a 100m corridor measuring 1.8m in width was subject to a watching brief during a topsoil strip in advance of cable installation (Illus 16). The topsoil consisted largely of a compact mid-brown silty clay with gritty inclusions which overlaid a reddish-brown silty clay subsoil interspersed with small to medium-sized rocks ranging up to Colpy to Inveruie SSE cable, Data Structure Report Cameron Archaeology CA287-2016 15 0.6m in length which was punctuated in several areas by an equally compact gritty, grey clay subsoil. The average depth of the topsoil here was relatively thin, ranging between 0.2 and 0.32m in depth. Although a likely Neolithic or Bronze Age urn (HES 2016b) was discovered in 1846 some 50m SW of the standing stone which suggests the possibility of additional material in the vicinity, no archaeological finds or features were noted during this watching brief.
Accession Number 2017/60
External Reference CA287
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