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Gallowhill
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gallowhill
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Human Remains (Period Unassigned), Scraper (Tool) (Flint)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gallow Hill; Hattonhill; Glen Moray Distillery Cottages
Canmore ID 16649
Site Number NJ26SW 4
NGR NJ 2005 6252
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16649
- Council Moray
- Parish Elgin
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26SW 4 2005 6252.
(NJ 2005 6252) Human Bones found. (NAT)
OS 6" map, Morayshire, 2nd ed., (1906)
Gallowhill is a small, natural hill of three small knolls between which human bones have been turned up at several times.
Name Book 1868.
In Gallow Hill there have been found, covered by a 12 foot thick layer of sand and gravel, nodules of roasted iron ore, wood charcoal, bones and teeth of oxen, a flint scraper and curiously fractured stones.
ISSFC 1915.
No further information
Visited by OS (R D L) 11 December 1962.
Watching Brief (January 2007)
Alba Archaeology (Highland) Ltd. was commissioned by Royal Haskoning to carry out an archaeological desk-based assessment and archaeological attendance in the form of watching briefs for trial pits forming part of the River Findhorn, Elgin and Forres (Burn of Mosset) FAS investigations.
Work commenced on the Ground Investigations of the Elgin FAS in January 2007 and continued until June. In total, 88 trial pits were excavated across Elgin for Packages 1-3.
Information from Alba Archaeology (Highland) Ltd.
Archaeological Evaluation (3 March 2014 - 7 March 2014)
The archaeological evaluation took place on 6-7 March 2014. Five trenches were excavated totalling 7% of the proposed development area. A standing building survey was also carried out on Hattonhill House and the Glen Moray Distillery cottages. Two burials and disarticulated bones were found in Trenches 1 and 5 and it is recommended that an archaeological excavation in the garden is carried out prior to any further work within the current development area.
Information from OASIS ID: camerona1-179742 (A Cameron) 2014
