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Riverbank Wood

Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Riverbank Wood

Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Pitcaple Castle Policies; Whiteford; Bridgend

Canmore ID 77270

Site Number NJ72NW 69

NGR NJ 72508 26282

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Chapel Of Garioch
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ72NW 69 72508 26282

(Name cited as Bridgend). Air photography (CUCAP and AAS: full list cited) has recorded the cropmark of a circular enclosure near the 'motte' NJ72NW 11, and possibly associated with it.

Information from Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service, June 1996.

NMRS, MS/712/19.

Classified by Aberdeenshire Archaeological Service as circular enclosure.

NMRS, MS/712/17.

(Location cited as NJ 7243 2625). Bridgend. Air photography (AAS/88/07/S12/1-7, flown 3 August 1988) has recorded the cropmark of a circular enclosure at an altitude of about 70m. It may be associated with the nearby motte.

NMRS, MS/712/36.

The cropmarks of a circular enclosure have been revealed by aerial photographs in a cultivated field about 100m SE of Bridgend farmsteading (NJ72NW 183). The enclosure measures about 35m in diameter within a ditch up to 2m in breadth. Nothing is now visible of the enclosure on the surface of the ground.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, SPH), 12 June 1996.

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