Mill Farm Quarry
Flint Scatter(S) (Prehistoric), Hearth (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Pit (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Prehistoric)(Possible), Stone(S) (Period Unassigned), Storage Pit (Prehistoric)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)
Site Name Mill Farm Quarry
Classification Flint Scatter(S) (Prehistoric), Hearth (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Pit (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Prehistoric)(Possible), Stone(S) (Period Unassigned), Storage Pit (Prehistoric)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 18678
Site Number NJ71NW 30
NGR NJ 737 177
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18678
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kemnay
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NW 30 737 177.
'This feature was observed in section on the quarry face. Clay-bonded stone walls formed a compartment 0.58m wide at the base and 1.20m high. The roof appeared to have been corbelled and had collapsed into the interior. The stone walls were extensively burnt. A thin organic layer at the base contained animal droppings.'
C Murray and H Murray 1979.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 17 December 1997.
(Further records held by GRC/AAS and Aberdeen Urban Unit).
NMRS, MS/712/66, visited 2 July 1979.
Watching Brief (30 June 2008 - 11 September 2008)
NJ 7370 1770 A watching brief was undertaken on 30 June– 11 September 2008 during topsoil stripping in advance of extraction at Mill Farm. The quarry lies in a landscape of considerable archaeological sensitivity, containing sites dating from the prehistoric to post-medieval periods.
The remains of a probable prehistoric settlement were found in a natural hollow and sealed beneath a thick deposit of colluvium on the W edge of the site close to the quarry limit. Features including a probable hearth, a small pit containing Neolithic pottery, two flint scatters and two stone concentrations were encountered. The area containing the prehistoric remains has been covered with geotextile fabric and preserved in situ.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Aggregate Industries UK
Laura Scott (Headland Archaeology Ltd), 2008
