Shethin
Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned), Souterrain (Prehistoric)
Site Name Shethin
Classification Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned), Souterrain (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 19840
Site Number NJ83SE 40
NGR NJ 88249 32877
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tarves
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ83SE 40 88249 32877
NJ 882 328. Ring ditch at Shethin, revealed by aerial reconnaissance for Gas Pipeline Corridor.
Aberdeen Archaeological Surveys 1977; Information from Grampian Region.
(Location cited as NJ 8822 3291: nominated as Site of Regional Significance). Air photography (AAS/77/10/SK/6-8, flown 8 August 1977) has recorded the cropmark of a penannular ring-ditch, faint traces of other ring-ditches and three possible post-holes on the summit of a hill at an altitude of 85m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/35.
