Archaeology Notes

Event ID 810162

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ66SE 123 centred 6577 6123

For Cinerary Urn cemetery (NJ 6620 6130) within the area of these cropmarks, see NJ66SE 3.

(Name cited as Lower Inchdrewer and location as NJ 6577 6123). Vertical air photography (BKS NJ66S 2635151, flown 9 July 1976) has recorded an extensive area of cropmarks in arable ground on a gentle slope at an altitude of 70m OD. These include the cropmarks of a probable unenclosed settlement, ring-ditches, souterrains and pits; the faint trace of a circular enclosure and indeterminate marks are also visible.

(Area indicated on GIS plot attached).

NMRS, MS/712/102.

The following sites were recorded while checking vertical aerial photographs held by Aberdeenshire Council. Details of all the sites have been deposited in the NMRS.

NJ 657 612 Probable unenclosed settlement visible as cropmark, with ring-ditches, souterrains and faint trace of circular enclosure showing. Pits and other indeterminate marks also visible.

Sponsors: Aberdeenshire Council, RCAHMS

M Greig 2001a