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Latitude: 56.9972 / 56°59'50"N
Longitude: -2.2601 / 2°15'36"W
OS Eastings: 384298
OS Northings: 789592
OS Grid: NO842895
Mapcode National: GBR XG.HK87
Mapcode Global: WH9RF.8D16
Entry Name: Newbigging,earthwork 400m E of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4879
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: linear earthwork; Roman: linear earthwork; Secular: linear earth
Location: Fetteresso
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument consists of a bank and ditch extending 180m ENE/WSW across part of a gentle ridge running up to Raedykes Hill. The bank measures up to 4.5m across by up to 1.2m high; the ditch is on its S side and is up to 4m broad by slightly over 1m deep. The bank and ditch control only the W side of the ridge although the E side appears little different, and they cannot in isolation have been a sound defence. The area to be scheduled measures 115m ENE/WSW by 25m transversely with its N edge 7m N of the edge of the bank as delineated in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a good example of a defensive earthwork and is of particular interest because of its potential to illuminate the military of the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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