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Burghead
Moray, Scotland · Atlas SC2925
Location
- Atlas number
- SC2925 (2925)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Moray
- Historic county
- Morayshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Duffus
- National Grid reference
- NJ 1090 6914
- Latitude
- 57.70329
- Longitude
- -3.49673
- Altitude
- 20 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort, promontory fort, and multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial univallate, partial bivallate, and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 4
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 4, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 3
- Enclosed area
- 4.3 ha
- Enclosure areas
- 0.8 ha, 1.9 ha, 3.2 ha, 4.3 ha
- Footprint
- 4.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall, timber-laced wall, and other burning
- Also recorded
- annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east); Oblique (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- coastal promontory
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- parkland, built-up land, and coastal grassland
- Water source
- well or cistern
Dating
- Dating
- AD 400–800
- Dating evidence
- Artefactual and C14
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Finds
- metal, human bones, and animal bones
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1725); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1755); Earthwork Survey (1776); Earthwork Survey (1793); Other (1818); Other (1835); Excavation (1861); Other (1870); Excavation (1890); Excavation (1892); Other (1962); Other (1963)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- 2205 & 90044
- HER
- Moray per Aberdeenshire Council NJ16NW0001
- National record
- record NJ 16 NW 1; monument 16146
- Wikidata
- Q31104713
Sources
References
- Alexander, D, Ralston, I and Hicks, K (2001) Burghhead Headland, Archaeological Interpretation and Site Works. CFA Report 636. Commissioned by Moray Council on behalf of the Burghead Headland Trust (RCAHMS MS/1081/8)
- Cordiner, C (1780) Antiquities & Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a Series of Letters to Thomas Pennant, Esqr. London
- Edwards, K. J. and Ralston, I. (1980) 'New dating and environmental evidence from Burghead fort, Moray', Proc soc Antiq Scot, 109, 1977-8 (1980), 202-10.
- Farrell, S (2005) 'Burghead Water Mains, Moray (Duffus parish), watching brief'. Disc Exc Scot 6 (2005), 94
- Johnson, M (2002) 'Burghead Fort Coastal Lookout, Moray (Duffus parish), Pictish fort'. Disc Exc Scot 3 (2002), 82
- Macdonald, J (1863) 'Historical notices of the "Broch" or Burghead, in Moray, with an account of its antiquities'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 4 (1860-2). 321-69
- Macfarlane, W (1906-8) Geographical collections relating to Scotland. (Mitchell, A and Clark, J T eds) 3v. Edinburgh
- Ralston, I (2004) 'Burghead Landward Ramparts (Duffus parish), promontory fort'. Disc Exc Scot 5 (2004), 86
- Robertson, A S (1970) 'Roman finds from non-Roman sites in Scotland'. Britannia 1 (1970), 198-226
- Robertson, A S (1984) 'Roman coins found in Scotland, 1971-1982'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 113 (1983), 405-48
- Roy, W (1793) The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain. London
- Small, A (1966) 'Burghead'. Disc Exc Scot (1966), 34
- Small, A (1969) 'Burghead', Scot Archaeol Forum 1 (1969), 61-8
- Young, H W (1891) 'Notes on the ramparts of Burghead, as revealed by recent excavations'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 25 (1890-1), 435-47
- Young, H W (1893) 'Notes on further excavations at Burghead'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 27 (1892-3), 86-91