Barra Hill
Unidentified Pottery, Worked Object
Site Name Barra Hill
Classification Unidentified Pottery, Worked Object
Canmore ID 144329
Site Number NJ82NW 108
NGR NJ 8027 2573
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Bourtie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NW 108 8027 2573
A broken stone artifact and a several sherds of 'rough grained' pottery were found in a molehill during fieldwalking on 8 October 1995 and are retained by the finder (W Howard, Old Schooolhouse, Kirkton of Bourtie).
The stone object measures 450mm in length by 250mm in width and 40mm in thickness, and has a perforation measuring 60mm across. It is of fine-grained stone and shows evidence of drilling on both sides; the drill-holes are aligned but do not completely penetrate the object, the edges of which were apparently broken in antiquity.
[Photographs by Mr Howard noted].
NMRS, MS/712/80.
The indicated location lies within the fort NJ82NW 4 at an altitude of 190m OD.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 30 April 1999.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 10 July 2001.
