Upper Tillygarmond
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Upper Tillygarmond
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 88958
Site Number NO69SW 12
NGR NO 630 940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88958
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Birse
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NO69SW 12 630 940
Remains of a depopulated settlement, identified while checking aerial photographs held in Grampian region SMR.
Feilden 1993b; NMRS MS/712/6.
The following features were located and surveyed during a detailed survey of features at Upper Tillygarmond:
NO 6300 9408 Two rectilinear structures and enclosure (NO69SW 12).
NO 6303 9404 Two rectilinear structures and enclosure (NO69SW 12).
NO 6305 9408 Structure (NO69SW 12).
NO 630 941 - Field banks and cairns (NO69SW 12).
NO 631 941
A detailed report will be lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, University of Edinburgh.
D Alexander 1998
NO 630 940 Historic Scotland commissioned a field investigation to provide a case study into the impact of bracken infestation on archaeological deposits. This was achieved through the excavation of 14 test pits across a deserted medieval to post-medieval settlement, comprising two farmsteads, an isolated structure, and a series of field banks and clearance cairns (NMRS NO69SW 5; 12). A fragment of a medieval clasp was recovered from the isolated structure and evidence for the construction of the farmsteads was recorded. The test pits clearly demonstrated the damage caused by bracken to archaeological deposits.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
M Cook 1999
