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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77270
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
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.
