Monument record MHG7309 - Enclosure Nr Brackla Farm
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8577 5133 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85SE |
| Old County | NAIRNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | CAWDOR |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
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Full Description
GR for SAM corrected to above - HAW 10/2003
NH85SE 24 857 513.
The crop-mark of a circular enclosure is visible on air photographs about 250m WNW of Brackla House. It measures about 30m in diameter within a narrow ditch and has an entrance on the E.
RCAHMS 1978.
This ring ditch was cut across in 1990. Carbon, clinker, a yellow glass pendant bead, and a sherd of Samian ware were found. The ditch was shallow, 300mm. The carbon has gone for dating. Pottery and bead with Manchester University.
G D Jones and I Keillar 1990e.
Excavation of a circular ditched enclosure 26m in diameter, with an internal palisade-trench, yielded a later second-century sherd of Samian, Dr. 31, re-used as a lid.
S S Frere 1991.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG1438 Text/Publication/Article: Frere, S S. 1991. 'Roman Britain in 1990. I Sites explored', Britannia Vol. 22 1991, p.221-92. Britannia. 221-92. 226.
- --- SHG2672 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 15, No. 102.
- --- SHG286 Text/Publication/Article: Jones and Keillar, G D {B} and I. 1990. 'Brackla (Cawdor parish), ring ditch', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, p.24. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 24. 24.
- --- SHG5070 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5071 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
