South Brideswell
Archaeological Landscape(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name South Brideswell
Classification Archaeological Landscape(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 104205
Site Number NJ51SW 31
NGR NJ 508 101
NGR Description Centred NJ 508 101
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/104205
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Leochel-cushnie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Field Visit (7 September 1994)
NJ51SW 31.00 centred 508 101
NJ51SW 31.01 Centred NJ 508 101 Hut-circles; Enclosure (CRAIG94 65-70)
NJ51SW 31.02 NJ 5097 1001 Ring cairn (CRAIG94 71)
NJ51SW 31.03 NJ 5090 1014 Cairn (possible)
At least five hut-circles, an enclosure, a ring cairn and a field-system are situated within a semi-improved field, on the gentle, E-facing hillside to the WNW of South Brideswell steading. The field was cleared of trees by the present farmer and coniferous plantations delimit the N, W and S sides of the site; the fields to the E have been improved. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lxxi) shows a plantation extending across the whole site. Towards the E and SE sides of the fields there is a large heap of recently cleared stone and several heaps of grubbed-out tree-stumps. Two tracks cut across the site, running from NE to SW and NE to S.
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC and SDB) 7 September 1994
Aerial Photography (28 January 1997)
(Location cited as NJ 508 101). Air photography under conditions of low light (AAS/97/01/G1/8-12, flown 28 January 1997) has recorded a hut-circle and field-system with stone clearance-heaps and a possible patch of cord rig in an area of rough grazing on a gentle E- and NE-facing slope at an altitude of 350m OD.
Information from Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service, February 1997.
NMRS, MS/712/15.
Management (2007)
Scheduled as 'South Brideswell, settlement, field system, and cairn'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 23 November 2007.