Building record MAB29061 - SANDS OF FORVIE

The remains of an area of settlement and flint-working lie about half a mile South of another known settlement (NK02NW0002), on both sides of the Ythan Estuary.

The remains of an area of settlement and flint-working lie about half a mile South of another known settlement (NK02NW0002), on both sides of the Ythan Estuary. Shell mounds and occupation areas, associated with great numbers of flint flakes, chips and microliths have been recorded. Two of these mounds were investigated by Dalrymple in the mid 19th century. One, close to high water mark, measured circa 150 ft by 30 ft and up to 16 ft high, which excavation showed to comprise alternate layers of sand and burnt shell. The other, lower down the river, also stood on an old beach and was an irregular horse-show shape. A section recorded layers of sand and burnt shell and a hearth. Finds include burnt stones, animal bones and charcoal but no flints.

JAMIESON, TF, 1865, PSAS 6(1864-5) 240-5, 240-3 (Bibliographic reference). SAB898.

DALRYMPLE, CE, 1866, NOTES ON THE EXCAVATION OF TWO SHELL-MOUNDS ON THE EASTERN COAST OF ABERDEENSHIRE. IN PSAS 6 (1864-6), 423-6, 423-6 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4044.

KIRK, W, 1953, PREHISTORIC SITES AT THE SANDS OF FORVIE, ABERDEENSHIRE: A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. IN ABERDEEN UNIV REVIEW 35, 150-71
, 153-6 (Bibliographic reference). SAB979.

MICROLITHS

HAWKE-SMITH, 1980, PSAS 110(1978-80) 497-534, 497 (Bibliographic reference). SAB719.

MICROLITHS

RALSTON, IBM, 2001, EXCAVATIONS OF SECOND AND FIRST MILLENNIA BC REMAINS ON THE SANDS OF FORVIE, SLAINS, ABERDEENSHIRE. O'DELL MEMORIAL MONOGRAPH 28 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3071.

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