Muir Of Dess
Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Muir Of Dess
Classification Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Tilphoudie; Drumduan
Canmore ID 128902
Site Number NJ50SE 47
NGR NJ 5588 0123
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/128902
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Aboyne And Glentanar
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ50SE 47 5588 0123
Air photography (AAS/98/01/G1/3-5 and AAS/98/01/CT, flown 27 January 1998) has recorded an embanked feature of roughly circular form on a gentle slope in an area of rough grazing at an altitude of 160m OD. It may be all that remains of a pond or related to the field-system NJ50SE 48 [GRC: 47].
NMRS, MS/712/31.
The following site was recorded during winter aerial reconnaissance:
NJ 558 012 Circular embanked feature, ?pond (NJ50SE 47).
Sponsors: Aberdeenshire Council, RCAHMS
M Greig 1998
