Find Spot record MAB47456 - HILL OF FOULZIE

Site of a Mesolithic flint knapping site covering approx.

Site of a Mesolithic flint knapping site covering approx. 50m x 30m. Over two hundred flints including scrapers and cores have been recovered from the surface. There are also several large stones and one piece of burnt orange daub from here that may indicate remains of a structure. Fieldwalking in spring 2002 and excavation of 24 test pits in autumn 2002 recovered over 1000 pieces of chert and revealed several cut features. A resistivity survey was also completed. In Autumn 2003 a further excavation of 42 square metres revealed a small pit containing heated rock fragments and charcoal. Also an area of heated clay and a possible line of shallow postholes were also excavated. More than 1500 pieces of chert dating to Mesolithic and the late Neolithic were recovered as well as a single flint belonging to a musket. Other finds included hammerstones, an anvil and a bevelled implement made from readily available quartzite pebbles on the hill. 7 pottery fragments of prehistoric date were recovered, all from one small pit. One sherd has cordon decoration, another three groove decoration. Further field survey in 2004-2005 produced another 1788 pieces of chert/flint.

LINDSAY, W. J., 2002, THE HILL OF FOULZIE EXCAVATION 2002 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2796.

LINDSAY, WJ, 2004, HILL OF FOULZIE, FIELDWALKING 2004 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2799.

LINDSAY, S, 2006, DES VOL6, 2005, p.16 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1129.

field survey

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