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Bruce's Camp

Aberdeenshire, Scotland · Atlas SC2965

Bruce's Camp is a contour fort in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Other names on the record: Shaw Hill and Hill of Crichie.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and vitrification, and an enclosed area of 2.7 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 174 m, and facing east.

Recorded land use includes woodland and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (C14).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (12523).

Location

Atlas number
SC2965 (2965)
Country
Scotland
Current county or unitary authority
Aberdeenshire
Historic county
Aberdeenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Kintore
National Grid reference
NJ 7685 1900
Latitude
57.26115
Longitude
-2.38539
Altitude
174 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
2.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and vitrification
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall, timber-laced wall, and vitrification
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North); Simple Gap (South); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
east
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
C14
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits and postholes
Finds
metalworking
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1867); Other (1954); Other (1964); Other (1983); Earthwork Survey (2002); Excavation (2006); Other (2009)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
12523
HER
Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record NJ71NE0060
National record
record NJ 71 NE 3; monument 18586
Wikidata
Q31084759

Sources

References

  1. Cook, Engl and Dunbar, M, R and L (2006) 'Kintore Landscape Project, Aberdeenshire (Kintore parish), evaluation'. Disc Exc Scot, New Ser, 7 (2006), 19
  2. Halliday, S P (2007) The later prehistoric landscape. In RCAHMS (2007) In the Shadow of Bennachie: A Field Archaeology of Donside, Aberdeenshire. RCAHMS & Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: Edinburgh
  3. Watt, W (1983) 'Bruce's Camp (Kintore p): vitrification'. Disc Exc Scot (1983), 11