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Hillhead Of Fechil
Cist (Period Unassigned), Beaker (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint (Flint)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hillhead Of Fechil
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned), Beaker (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint (Flint)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 20355
Site Number NJ92NE 4
NGR NJ 95 29
NGR Description NJ c. 95 29
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20355
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Ellon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ92NE 4 c. 95 29
A short cist was found when ploughing on Hillhead of Fechil farm in 1913. It contained the inhumations of an adult male (aged 30+) and child (aged possibly c. 5) accompained by a Late Northern/step 6 beaker, pebble, flint flake, and a charred fir cone. The contents of the cist are now in the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen (Accession nos: 14225, 15642).
R W Reid 1924; M E C Mitchell 1934; J Godsman 1958; D L Clarke 1970; I A G Shepherd 1986.
(Location amended to NJ c. 95 29). The exact position of this cist, which was found in 1913, is not recorded; the 6-figure NGR previously quoted refers to the farmsteading of Hillhead of Fechil.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 8 June 1998.
The accession numbers of the finds from this cist are:
ABDUA: 14812. Flint knife.
ABDUA: 14813. Charcoal.
ABDUA: 14814. Pebble.
ABDUA: 14815. Fir cone.
ABDUA: 15642. Beaker.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 1 June 2001.
