Title: |
New Ellon Academy site, Ellon, Aberdeenshire |
Series: |
Murray Archaeological Services Ltd (MAS) unpublished report series
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ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A 7% evaluation was undertaken on the site of the New Ellon Academy, on gravel ridges on the S side of the river Ythan. The E end of the site had been partially used as a gravel pit during the widening of the A90 road and there was no survival in this area. Although considerable prehistoric activity is recorded from the lower gravel terraces beside the Ythan, no early features were evident in any of the evaluation trenches on the remainder of the site. A total of four flints and 1 sherd of undiagnostic prehistoric pottery suggest that any activity on this ridge may have been marginal, possibly activities such as herding livestock or gathering wood for fuel and construction. Four sherds of abraded medieval pottery are considered to derive from midden manuring. Traces of rig and furrow of medieval or post-medieval date were recorded. |
Author: |
Hillary K Murray
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Publisher: |
Murray Archaeological Services Ltd (MAS)
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray and Aberdeen City (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
New Ellon Academy site |
Parish: |
ELLON |
County: |
Aberdeenshire |
Country: |
Scotland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
New Ellon |
Grid Reference: 396910, 829820 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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NONE
(Find)
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UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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NONE
(Monus)
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Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
mas1-136943 |
OBIB: |
MAS 2012-17 |
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Note: |
CD and A4 bound report
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |