Archive from an evaluation, excavation and watching brief on the A96 Kintore and Blackburn Bypass, Aberdeenshire.
551 30/2/1
Description Archive from an evaluation, excavation and watching brief on the A96 Kintore and Blackburn Bypass, Aberdeenshire.
Date 11/1992 to 11/1999
Collection Records of CFA Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 30/2/1
Category All Other
Scope and Content The project encompassed three stages: evaluation, excavation and watching brief with the processes recorded through photographs and film, registers, illustrations, records sheets and reports.
Administrative History Field work on the proposed route of the A96- Kintore Bypass, carried out by the Centre for Field Archaeology (CFA) throughout 1996 and 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland on behalf of The National Roads Directorate of The Scottish Office Development Department. The archaeological excavations aimed to investigate the archaeological remains identified during the evaluation of Deer’s Den (trenches 23-26) and Tavelty (trench 31). The site is positioned at National Grid Reference NJ 784 160 and consisted of a Roman temporary camp, Neolithic pits and later prehistoric structures. The methods of archaeological investigation carried out were evaluation, excavation and a watching brief. More extensive investigative work was carried out by AOC Archaeology between 2000-2006.
Accession Number 2002/32
External Reference A96K
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