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Knockomie
Ditch(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Furnace(S) (Period Unassigned), Linear Feature(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit Alignment(S) (Prehistoric), Post Hole(S) (Period Unassigned), Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Prehistoric)(Possible), Souterrain (Prehistoric), Rotary Quern(S), Saddle Quern, Slag(S), Vessel (Neolithic), Whetstone(S)
Site Name Knockomie
Classification Ditch(S) (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Furnace(S) (Period Unassigned), Linear Feature(S) (Period Unassigned), Pit Alignment(S) (Prehistoric), Post Hole(S) (Period Unassigned), Ring Ditch (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Prehistoric)(Possible), Souterrain (Prehistoric), Rotary Quern(S), Saddle Quern, Slag(S), Vessel (Neolithic), Whetstone(S)
Canmore ID 87419
Site Number NJ05NW 98
NGR NJ 0260 5740
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87419
![Archaeological evaluation, Prehistoric pot recovered from feature [402], Grantown Road, R2, Forres](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00332611.jpg)
![Archaeological evaluation, Prehistoric pot recovered from feature [402], Grantown Road, R2, Forres](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00332611.jpg)
- Council Moray
- Parish Forres
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ05NW 98 0260 5740
Linear cropmarks and those of a possible square enclosure identified as the result of aerial reconnaissance. Full information is held by Grampian Regional Council SMR.
Sponsors: RCAHMS; Grampian Regional Council.
M Greig 1994.
Air photography (AAS/94/14/G28a/4-14, dated 19 July 1994) has recorded linear cropmarks and those of a possible square enclosure on a gentle N-facing slope.
NMRS, MS/712/9 and MS/712/21.
Archaeological Evaluation (18 September 2007 - 22 September 2007)
NJ 0263 5740 An archaeological evaluation required prior to the development of a greenfield site was undertaken from 18–22 September 2007. The evaluation comprised 10% of the proposed development site and 19 trenches covering an area of 4012m² were opened. The evaluation revealed a series of five sets of associated pits, postholes and ditches, all thought to relate to prehistoric settlement. The most significant feature identified contained a ceramic vessel and fragments of associated bone.
Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS.
Funder: Springfield Properties Ltd.
Excavation (28 May 2008)
NJ 0263 5740 Following an evaluation in September 2007 this excavation of a greenfield site on 28 May 2008
unearthed later prehistoric settlement features consisting of a souterrain, a ring ditch, two four-poster structures, a circular structure, two furnaces and six isolated features.
Artefacts include a Neolithic ceramic vessel, two whetstones, fragments of two rotary querns, a saddle quern, two pieces of worked bone and a huge amount of slag material.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Springfield Properties PLC
Martin Cook (AOC Archaeology Group), 2008
