Barra Hill | Canmore

Rig And Furrow (Medieval)

Site Name Barra Hill

Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Hill Of Barra; Comyn's Camp

Canmore ID 157940

Site Number NJ82NW 119

NGR NJ 8037 2570

NGR Description Centred NJ 8037 2570

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

SC 773003

Barra Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the fort.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

7/6/1996

SC 1009553

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the ENE.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

SC 1009559

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the W.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

SC 1698613

Barra Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the ESE, centred on the fort.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

7/6/1996

SC 624390

Barra Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the ESE, centred on the fort.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

7/6/1996

SC 1009555

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the NNE.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

SC 1009558

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the WNW.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

SC 1009554

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the NE.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

SC 1009557

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the NNW.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

SC 1698617

Barra Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, centred on the fort.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

7/6/1996

SC 1698618

Barra Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the fort.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

7/6/1996

SC 1698614

Barra Hill, oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, centred on the fort.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

7/6/1996

SC 1009552

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the ESE.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

SC 1009556

Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the fort and rig and furrow at Barra Hill, looking to the NNW.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

16/2/1985

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Administrative Areas

Council Aberdeenshire
Parish Bourtie
Former Region Grampian
Former District Gordon
Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ82NW 119 centred 8037 2570

(Location cited as NJ 8037 2570). A large area of rig-and-furrow cultivation covers the summit and slopes of Barra Hill, and also overlies the interior of the fort NJ82NW 4.00. It probably represents one of the best examples of early rig in the north-east.

Air photography:

vertical: BKS NJ82N 2723173, flown 22 June 1977.

oblique: AAS/77/11/S5, flown 9 August 1977; AAS/85/02/R5, flown 16 February 1985; AAS/99/01/G2/3-7 and AAS/99/03/CT49-60, flown 1 February 1999.

NMRS, MS/712/92.

There is no change to the existing record.

Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 10 July 2001.

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Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record

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