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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 776931
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/776931
NO56NW 83 From 505 677 to 504 682
As part of Edinburgh University's Angus and South Aberdeenshire Field School, the areas of the Nathro and Calletar Valleys were used for teaching both field survey and detailed geomorphic survey. A series of Late Devensian and Flandrian alluvial terrace deposits were identified and investigated. The lower suite of terraces appears to relate to anthropogenic activity within the catchment triggering increased sediment influxes and leading to a return to net aggredation. A number of exposures of organic channel fills were recorded and sampled. As part of the field survey the area was walked and monuments recorded; a number of sites were then planned. In addition to clearance cairns, field walls, and enclosures, the following site was among those noted:
NO 505 677 - Line of 15 grouse butts.
NO 504 682
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Edinburgh University.
D Alexander and G Coles 1997
