Old Keig
Rig And Furrow (Medieval)
Site Name Old Keig
Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval)
Canmore ID 128257
Site Number NJ51NE 70
NGR NJ 5965 1938
NGR Description From NJ 5965 1938 to NJ 5965 1913
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128257
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Keig
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ51NE 70 5965 1938 to 5965 1913
In a narrow shelter belt immediately S of the Old Keig recumbent stone circle (NJ51NE 2), there are the remains of rig-and-furrow cultivation. The northernmost of the rigs, which form prominent terraces on the slope, measure up to 10m in breadth and are aligned E and W; these give way down the slope to rigs that measure about 6m in breadth and are aligned NW and SE; at the southern end of the shelter belt the alignment of the rigs is slightly different, lying E and W, but they again measure about 6m in breadth.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 25 October 1996.
