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Green Cairn, Cairnton of Balbegno
Aberdeenshire, Scotland · Atlas SC3101
Location
- Atlas number
- SC3101 (3101)
- Country
- Scotland
- Current county or unitary authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Historic county
- Kincardineshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Fettercairn
- National Grid reference
- NO 6334 7228
- Latitude
- 56.84058
- Longitude
- -2.60251
- Altitude
- 60 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant, Cropmark, and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 3, SE 2, SW 2, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.08 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall, vitrification, and other burning
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall, timber-laced wall, and vitrification
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Blocked (North east); Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- 400 BC–AD 50 and undated
- Dating evidence
- C14
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior excavation
- pits and postholes
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1789); Other (1793); Excavation (1796); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1863); Other (1899); Other (1956); Other (1971); Excavation (1973); Excavation (1974); Other (1982)
Identifiers
- HER
- Aberdeenshire Historic Environment Record NO67SW0004
- National record
- record NO 67 SW 1; monument 36125
- Wikidata
- Q31084206
Sources
References
- Cameron A C (1899) The History of Fettercairn: A Parish in the County of Kincardine. J and R Parlane: Paisley
- Chalmers, G. (1807) Caledonia: or a historical and topographical account of North Britain
- Christison, D (1900) 'The forts, "camps", and other field-works of Perth, Forfar and Kincardine'. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 34 (1899-1900), 43-120
- Feachem, R. (1963) A guide to prehistoric Scotland. Batsford: London.
- Ralston and Watt, I and W. (1982) 'Greencairn fort, Cairnton of Balbegno (Fettercairn p): palisade'. Disc Exc Scot (1982), 13
- Stat Acct (date) Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes (Sinclair, J ed), 1791-99
- Wedderburn, L M M. (1973a) Excavations at Greencairn, Cairnton of Balbegno, Fettercairn, Angus {Kincardineshire}: a preliminary report. Dundee Museum and Art Gallery occasional papers in archaeology no.1. Dundee.
- Wedderburn, L M M (1973b) 'Greencairn, Cairnton of Balbegno: vitrified fort'. Disc Exc Scot (1973), 4
- Wedderburn, L M M (1974) 'Cairnton of Balbegno: Greencairn fort'. Disc Exc Scot (1974), 41