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Boynds
Ring Ditch(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Boynds
Classification Ring Ditch(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 149756
Site Number NJ72SE 175
NGR NJ 7791 2312
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/149756
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Keithhall And Kinkell
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72SE 175 7791 2312
Boynds. Air photography (AAS/82/14/RE17/5-6) has recorded the cropmarkjs of at least two ring-ditches in arable ground at an altitude of 90m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/72.
[Map indicating extended area].
NMRS, MS/712/96.
Excavation (17 March 2014 - 18 April 2014)
NJ 7799 2306 An excavation was undertaken, 17 March – 18 April 2014, in advance of a residential development. The excavation recorded extensive remains associated with prehistoric settlement in the form of roundhouses, souterrains, an enclosure, frequent pits and a cremation cemetery. One cremation pit provided the earliest radiocarbon date on site, returning a Late Neolithic date of 3094–2918 cal BC. An associated cremation pit was multi-tiered in construction and may be unique in the archaeological record. A souterrain and two further structures were radiocarbon dated to the Middle and Late Bronze Age.
Over 400 finds were retrieved. The pottery correlates with the Bronze Age dating, while industrial waste suggests the site extended into the Iron Age. Both the finds and environmental evidence indicate that a number of activities took place on site including wool spinning, cooking, bronze casting and iron working.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Barratt Homes
Magnar Dalland – Headland Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES)
