Metal Detector Survey

Date 23 March 2017 - 10 April 2017

Event ID 1033670

Category Recording

Type Metal Detector Survey

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1033670

NJ 8074 2679 (NJ72NE 0004) A metal detector survey and evaluation were undertaken, 23 March – 10 April 2017, in advance of a proposed housing development at the edge of the area thought to be the site of the Battle of Barra. The battle was fought between King Robert the Bruce and Comyn,

Earl of Buchan, on the 23 May 1308. Post-medieval buckles, buttons and coins were recovered but nothing earlier in date. The machine cut trenches revealed the W half of the site was waterlogged and the whole site had been covered in up to 2m of soil during a neighbouring housing development.

Archive: NRHE

Funder: Aberdeenshire Council

Alison Cameron – Cameron Archaeology

(Source: DES, Volume 18)