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Watching Brief
Date 2 October 2008 - 17 October 2008
Event ID 607057
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/607057
NO 31227 13627 Monitoring of topsoil stripping at Mountcastle Quarry on 2–17 October 2008 located two prehistoric features. The first was a circular pit containing a complete late Neolithic Grooved Ware vessel and fragments of a second vessel. The second was a penannular ring ditch (6.6m wide), from which a small fragment of stone bracelet was recovered. The ring ditch could date to between the late Bronze Age and early Historic period. A number of undated features were also recorded but were not of archaeological significance.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Hanson PLC
Mike Kimber – Headland Archaeology Ltd
Information also reported in Oasis (headland1-51708) 26 March 2013
