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MEASURED SURVEY |
HES surveyed Broomend of Crichie cist slab with plane-table and alidade on 14 February 2018 at a scale of 1:20. The resultant plan and section were redrawn in vector graphics software. |
14 February 2018 |
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FIELD VISIT |
The survey of this cairn, which started in 2017, was completed early in 2018. Although one of Ritchie’s photographs of c. 1906 (SC681588) shows what might appear to be a line of four slabs beneath the trees behind and to the left of the great erratic block, they are situated on the cairn well within the arc of the outer kerb – one stone of which (J) is visible in the foreground. [...] |
13 February 2018 |
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FIELD VISIT |
This ornamental garden feature is situated on the summit of a knoll 55m NNW of Creich Manse, where it is sunk into the ground surface. It is circular on plan and measures 4.6m in diameter within a closely-set outer ring of upright grey whinstone boulders up to 0.4m broad and 0.38m high. This encloses a concentric inner ring of upright yellow sandstone boulders measuring 1.8m in diameter, up to 0.23m broad and 0.38m high; and within this is a tightly packed area of paving containing two carved slabs on the S and a roughly cylindrical upright yellow sandstone boulder in the centre measuring 0.3m in diameter and 0.3m high. The larger slab exhibits a series of symbols in relief, which include a pair of shoes (or footprints) and a quaich, while the smaller slab displays a fragment of what may be an incised sword in a scabbard associated with six small rings sculpted in low relief. [...] |
16 February 2018 |
