Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route / Balmedie to Tipperty. Digital Appendices
Headland Archaeology Ltd, 2019. https://doi.org/10.5284/1050093. How to cite using this DOI
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Introduction
This archive presents Appendices 1 - 4 of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty Monograph, published with Oxbow Books; 'The Land was Forever: 15,000 Years in North-East Scotland'.
The AWPR/B-T project comprised the construction of 58km of new road around the western periphery of Aberdeen, along with associated improvements to existing road junctions and construction of ancillary structures. Archaeological trial trenching and mitigation excavations were undertaken between 2013 and 2014, prior to construction commencing, and a range of archaeological works undertaken in relation to the construction phase between 2015 and 2016. The works revealed a landscape rich in archaeological remains, with a total of nine individual sites identified, spanning the Late Upper Palaeolithic through to the post-medieval period. Discoveries of particular importance include the identification of the Late Upper Palaeolithic in north-east Scotland, the presence of in situ lithics scatters of Mesolithic date, discovery of a relatively high-altitude Mesolithic camp, evidence of Neolithic domestic activity, a possible Chalcolithic timber alignment, extensive evidence of Bronze Age settlement and associated burial practices, and the presence of a previously unknown Roman temporary camp.
Full analysis and publication of the results of the works have been undertaken and are available as an Oxbow monograph. Due to the scale of the discoveries, the results of the technical analyses had to be synthesised. In an effort to ensure the data is openly accessible the full technical reports are presented here.
