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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 664271
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/664271
NT67NE 508 centred 690 781
NT 690 781 (centre) An evaluation was undertaken in July and August 2002 of 5% of the proposed development area. No archaeological remains were found in the eastern part of the site, but the trenches excavated to the N of the present playing fields contained a range of significant features. These included a number of linear ditches which are most likely to represent old field boundaries. However, only one of these, to the N of the Scheduled Samoya enclosure (NT67NE 127), contained any datable material: a single fragment of later medieval or post-medieval pottery.
The highest concentration of features was along the NE edge of the site, on a ridge close to the coast. Cut into the sand at this point were a large number of stake-holes, pits, a linear feature and a ring-groove which are likely to represent traces of upstanding structures or buildings. The number and position of the stake-holes suggests several phases of occupation. These features are believed to represent prehistoric settlement, a supposition supported by a number of flint, chert and quartz tools collected from the topsoil and surface of the natural subsoil.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
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T Holden 2003.
