Find Spot record MAB49196 - INCHMARLO COTTAGE

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Summary

Mesolithic flint tools found two miles upstream from Inchmarlo Cottage, west of Banchory.

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Location

Grid reference	Centred NO 6714 9642 (366m by 122m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent
Map sheet	NO69NE
Authority	Aberdeenshire
Civil Parish	Banchory Ternan

Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 40000 BC to 400 AD)

Full Description

Mesolithic flint tools found two miles upstream from Inchmarlo Cottage, west of Banchory. Microliths include a worn blade, a core, a fragment of a steeply edge-blunted blade, and a characteristically dressed small triangle. A total of 1544 lithics have now been recovered from the field. Lithics in the Daly Collection, collected in the 1980s and 1990s, were assessed in 2024 as part of the Mesolithic Deeside Project and over 800 flints recorded as either Inchmarlo X or SiteX - Inchmarlo although no further details of location were noted on the Daly finds so unclear which field(s) he walked. Mesolithic Deeside conducted test pitting of the site in October 2025 (awaiting full report), recording a total of 1409 lithic finds.

LACAILLE, AD, 1944, PSAS 78(1943-4) 5-16, 5-16 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1047.

MICROLITHS

LACAILLE, AD, 1954, STONE AGE IN SCOTLAND, 179-83 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1048.

MICROLITHS

KENNEY, J, 1993, THE BEGINNINGS OF AGRICULTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT (Bibliographic reference). SAB2784.

HAY, R, 2024, DALY COLLECTION NOTES: LITHICS CATALOGUES 2024 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5975.

Nov 24 2025 , MDP-GR-25-11-001 - 004, MDP-GR-25-11-001 - 004 (Ground Photograph). SAB37295.

Other Statuses/References

Authority: ASH;
NMR Card Number: NO69NE3;
NRHE Numlink: 36183;
Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO69NE0001;

External Links (1)

https://www.trove.scot/place/36183 (trove.scot link)

Sources/Archives (5)

--- SAB1047 Bibliographic reference: LACAILLE, AD. 1944. PSAS 78(1943-4) 5-16. 5-16.
--- SAB1048 Bibliographic reference: LACAILLE, AD. 1954. STONE AGE IN SCOTLAND. 179-83.
--- SAB2784 Bibliographic reference: KENNEY, J. 1993. THE BEGINNINGS OF AGRICULTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT.
--- SAB37295 Ground Photograph: Nov 24 2025 . MDP-GR-25-11-001 - 004. Digital. MDP-GR-25-11-001 - 004.
--- SAB5975 Bibliographic reference: HAY, R. 2024. DALY COLLECTION NOTES: LITHICS CATALOGUES 2024.

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Record last edited

Nov 26 2025 1:39PM