Boghead Croft
Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Flake(S) (Flint), Unidentified Pottery
Site Name Boghead Croft
Classification Pit(S) (Period Unassigned), Flake(S) (Flint), Unidentified Pottery
Alternative Name(s) Lower Boghead; A96 Kintore And Blackburn By-pass
Canmore ID 133636
Site Number NJ71SE 83
NGR NJ 793 140
NGR Description NJ c. 793 140
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/133636
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71SE 83 c. 793 140
(Location not cited in published report: established as NJ c. 793 140 from text). A watching brief was carried out by EUCFA in advance of construction of the (A96) Blackburn and Kintore by-pass in spring and early summer of 1997. A single large pit in Trench 52 was found to contain flakes of flint and a sherd of decorated coarse pottery.
NMRS, MS/726/116.
(Location cited as NJ 7874 1730). An archaeological evaluation was carried out along the proposed route of the A96 Kintore Bypass in March and April 1996 through a combination of desk-based research, invasive and non-invasive fieldwork. The bypass route runs from S-N around the W side of Kintore and was known to cut across the W and S sides of the Roman temporary camp NJ71NE 28. Further follow-up excavation work was undertaken at two areas of concentrated archaeological activity identified during the evaluation, at Deer's Den and Tavelty.
A total of 55 trenches were excavated along the line of the proposed bypass during the evaluation, revealing a number of concentrations of archaeological features within the road corridor, the majority of them in the N half of the route.
A single large shallow pit at the S end of the road corridor contained flakes of flint and a sherd of decorated coarse pottery.
D Alexander 1996.
Archaeological Evaluation (March 1996 - April 1996)
(Location cited as NJ 7874 1730). An archaeological evaluation was carried out along the proposed route of the A96 Kintore Bypass in March and April 1996 through a combination of desk-based research, invasive and non-invasive fieldwork. The bypass route runs from S-N around the W side of Kintore and was known to cut across the W and S sides of the Roman temporary camp NJ71NE 28. Further follow-up excavation work was undertaken at two areas of concentrated archaeological activity identified during the evaluation, at Deer's Den and Tavelty.
A total of 55 trenches were excavated along the line of the proposed bypass during the evaluation, revealing a number of concentrations of archaeological features within the road corridor, the majority of them in the N half of the route.
A single large shallow pit at the S end of the road corridor contained flakes of flint and a sherd of decorated coarse pottery.
D Alexander 1996.
Watching Brief (1997)
(Location not cited in published report: established as NJ c. 793 140 from text). A watching brief was carried out by EUCFA in advance of construction of the (A96) Blackburn and Kintore by-pass in spring and early summer of 1997. A single large pit in Trench 52 was found to contain flakes of flint and a sherd of decorated coarse pottery.
NMRS, MS/726/116.
