Sands Of Forvie
Lithic Working Site (Prehistoric)
Site Name Sands Of Forvie
Classification Lithic Working Site (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 88828
Site Number NK02NW 27
NGR NK 010 252
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88828
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Slains
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK02NW 27 010 252
'Large quantity of worked flint including cores and a scatter of very small pieces. Appears to be an in situ knapping floor. Sits on a patch of old beach revealed by the movement of sand.'
Information from Jane Kenny, Edinburgh University, November 1991, NMRS MS/712/6.
Field Visit (October 2022)
NK 01002 25196 Visited during fieldwork by SCAPE. This is an area of open sand dunes in the Forvie National Nature Reserve. The sands contain numerous examples of worked flints. A concentration of flint scatter was noted approximately 100 m south of this record. This is an area of open sand dunes in the Forvie National Nature Reserve. The sands contain numerous examples of worked flints.
Information from S Boyd and J Hambly - Scottish Coastal Archaeology and the Problem of Erosion (SCAPE)
