Mains Of Melrose

Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Mains Of Melrose

Classification Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval), Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned), Roundhouse (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 19293

Site Number NJ76SW 12

NGR NJ 743 644

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19293

Digital Images

SC 1936878

Mains of Melrose, ring-ditch: oblique air photograph.

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

9/8/1977

SC 2376680

Mains Of Melrose, NJ76SW 12, Ordnance Survey index card, page number 1, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

SC 1937071

Inchdrewer Castle: aerial view.

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9/8/1977

DP 091675

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the ring ditch, rig and possible round house, looking to the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

22/7/2010

DP 091676

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the ring ditch, rig and possible round house with Mains of Melrose in the foreground, looking to the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

22/7/2010

SC 2006412

Mains of Melrose, ring-ditch: aerial photograph

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Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland

9/8/1977

SC 2376681

Mains Of Melrose, NJ76SW 12, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

DP 091673

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the ring ditch, rig and possible round house, looking to the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

22/7/2010

DP 091678

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the ring ditch, rig and possible round house, looking to the SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

22/7/2010

DP 091674

Oblique aerial view of the cropmarks of the ring ditch , rig and possible round house, looking to the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

22/7/2010

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Administrative Areas

Council Aberdeenshire
Parish Gamrie
Former Region Grampian
Former District Banff And Buchan
Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ76SW 12 743 644.

NJ 743 644. Ring ditch at Mains of Melrose, revealed by aerial reconnaissance.

Aberdeen Archaeological Surveys 1977; Information from Grampian Region.

(Location cited as NJ 7430 6440: nominated as Site of Regional Importance). Air photography (AAS/77/11/SR/22-7, flown 17 August 1977) has recorded the cropmark of a pennanular ring-ditch on a ridge at an altitude of 73m OD.

NMRS, MS/712/35.

References

External Links

Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record

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