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Springburn
Roundhouse(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Springburn
Classification Roundhouse(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Deer's Den; Kintore
Canmore ID 76092
Site Number NJ71NE 92
NGR NJ 78421 16056
NGR Description Centred NJ 78421 16056
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/76092
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NE 92 centred 784210 16056
Location formerly entered as NJ 7844 1603
(NGR originally NJ 7826 1599) Ring-ditch, visible on air photographs.
M Greig 1992.
Air photography (AAS/92/04/G2/17, flown 16 July 1992) has revealed a ring-ditch on a gentle SE-facing slope at an altitude of 55m OD. Further air survey (AAS/95/08/G24/4-13, flown 15 August 1995) has revealed at least nine huts (running in a line from E to W) with what may be others further to the W.
Information from Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service, June 1997.
NMRS, MS/712/19 and MS/712/36.
Scheduled as 'Deer's Den, roundhouses 195m and 250m S of... the cropmarked remains of at least seven roundhouses... in pasture to the west of the A96 trunk road at Kintore...'
[Scheduling map indicates location at Centred NJ 78380 16033].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 30 March 2009.
