Whiteford
Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whiteford
Classification Earthwork (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Picaple
Canmore ID 18852
Site Number NJ72NW 66
NGR NJ 724 263
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18852
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ72NW 66 724 263
Second earthwork immediately NE of NJ72NW 11. Ditch on W and S 2.8m wide by 1m deep with a slight inner bank, enclosing an area 80m EW. Site cut off to N by road and housing. Date and form uncertain, but probably medieval.
P Yeoman 1987.
The 'enclosure' described by Yeoman within woodland on the N edge of the policies of Pitcaple Castle (NJ72NW 10.00), is no more than a plantation boundary and is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1870, sheet xlv).
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, SPH), 12 June 1996.
