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Kemnay, Paradise Hill

Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Site Name Kemnay, Paradise Hill

Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Kemnay Quarries

Canmore ID 181106

Site Number NJ71NW 201

NGR NJ 7388 1679

NGR Description Centred NJ 7388 1679

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Kemnay
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ71NW 201 centred 7388 1679

For surrounding quarries, see NJ71NW 29.

Air photography (AAS/01/14/CT12, flown 5 October 2000) has recorded a small area of rig-and-furrow cultivation surviving on the edge of the Paradise Hill quarry (NJ71NW 29); gorse grows over much of it.

(GIS plot attached).

NMRS, MS/712/98.

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