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Menie Estate

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Estate (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Menie Estate

Classification Estate (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 285174

Site Number NJ92SE 115

NGR NJ 98323 20616

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/285174

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General oblique aerial view of Menie estate, taken from the N.
General oblique aerial view of Menie estate, taken from the N.Oblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the SSW.Trial trench evaluation, Trump International Golf LinksPhotographic and electronic survey, NW section of Flint Scatter 2, Trump International Golf LinksPhotographic and electronic survey, Stone wall between dunes to the NW of Flint Scatter 2, Trump International Golf LinksPhotographic and electronic survey, Recently formed dune to the north of deflation surface, Trump International Golf LinksSite visits, View of 15th green and fairway, Trump International Golf LinksTrial trench evaluation, Trump International Golf LinksSite visits, Wet-sieving during excavation of drain test pits (Job008), Trump International Golf LinksSite visits, View towards location of Flint Scatter 1, Trump International Golf LinksSite visits, View towards N end of DR1 (Job 008) post landscaping, Trump International Golf LinksWatching brief, Lithic scatter [006] (= Flint Area A), Trump International Golf LinksArchaeological test pits, Test pit TP21 showing fossil sea eroded cliff, Trump International Golf LinksOblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the SW.Oblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the SSE.Walkover survey, View towards the fore-dunes, N of Flint scatter 1 (Site 29), Trump International Golf LinksWalkover survey, View towards Flint scatter 2 at the foot of hind-dunes in front of possible raised beach, Trump International Golf LinksWatching brief, View of works for road laying N of marram grass transplanting, Trump International Golf LinksSite visits, View towards location of Flint Scatter 2, Trump International Golf LinksWalkover survey, View towards N end of mapped area defining Site 29, Trump International Golf LinksWatching brief, General view of disturbed section of track, Trump International Golf LinksTrial trench evaluation, Trump International Golf LinksSite visits, View of 15th tee and fairway, Trump International Golf LinksGeneral oblique aerial view of Menie estate, taken from the S.Trial trench evaluation, Trump International Golf LinksGeneral oblique aerial view of Menie estate, taken from the NE.Watching brief, General view of marram grass donor area, Trump International Golf LinksTrial trench evaluation, Trump International Golf LinksSite visits, View of 15th green and fairway, Trump International Golf LinksArchaeological test pits, View towards dune slack. Fore dunes in the background, Trump International Golf LinksOblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the S.Oblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the NW.Oblique aerial view centred on Menie House, taken from the W.Trial trench evaluation, Trump International Golf LinksArchaeological test pits, View towards S end of drain DR1, Trump International Golf LinksArchaeological test pits, Test pits TP05–6 seen from dune to the E, Trump International Golf Links

Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Belhelvie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Activities

Excavation (June 2009 - July 2011)

NJ 99 21 Archaeological fieldwork was carried out at Trump International Golf Links at Menie Estate, before and during the construction phase. The fieldwork took place between June 2009 and July 2011 and comprised fieldwalking, survey and excavation. The fieldwalking identified the location and extent of two large and several minor flint scatters within the dune slack. The fieldwork also identified a former storm beach, largely buried in windblown sand, c150m inland from the current shoreline. It comprised a deposit of beach pebbles at the foot of a low eroded cliff. Several of the pebbles were flint nodules eroding out of the basal till. A programme of flint collection was carried out on two areas measuring 10 x 20m and 2 x 20m in the vicinity of the storm beach. There was a clear concentration of struck flints within both areas but none of these was associated with any features. A few retouched blades from the assemblage were identified as microliths indicating a Mesolithic date for the flint scatters.

Archive: RCAHMS

Funder: Trump International Golf Links

Magnar Dalland, Headland Archaeology Ltd

2012

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