Gallows Knap
No Class (Event)
Site Name Gallows Knap
Classification No Class (Event)
Alternative Name(s) Ellis Of Dumbreck
Canmore ID 217283
Site Number NJ82NE 75
NGR NJ 888 297
NGR Description NJ c. 888 297
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/217283
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Udny
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NE 75 c. 888 297
A programme of evaluation and excavation was carried out between February and July 2001 on the route of the St Fergus to Aberdeen gas pipeline. The evaluation sites were targeted via desk-based work and geophysics. The excavated sites were initially identified during a watching brief on all topsoiling operations (conducted by K Sabine).
NJ 888 297 Ellis of Dumbreck. The geophysical plots of the data from this site were dominated by geological variations. There was one feature of possible archaeological significance: a penannular, low-resistance anomaly, which was identified as a putative ring-cairn. Five trenches were excavated over the penannular anomaly, which was found to reflect a variation in subsoil and bedrock.
K Cameron 2001.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 10 November 2003.
