Document record MAB54313 - HOWE SLACK

Pit excavated by CFA in 2019, following on from identification of features during a watching brief within the cable route corridor for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm (EAB9174).

The oval pit measured 1.1 m by 0.6 m and 0.15 m deep, with a charcoal rich fill, fire-cracked stones, and interpreted as a fire pit. Sherds of Late Neolithic decorated Grooved Ware pottery and a piece of flint debitage were recorded from the fill. Radiocarbon dating on a single grain of emmer wheat from the pit fill dated to 3641 BC - 3528 BC, which places it in the Early Neolithic period, an earlier date than the pottery types found. The pit was heavily truncated by ploughing.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2018, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM PROGRAMME OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKS: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION, WSI (Bibliographic reference). SAB8552.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE, ABERDEENSHIRE, SECTIONS 2, 5 & 12: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION DSR , Excavation DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB8546.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM ONSHORE TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE: WSI - ADDENDUM 2 - EXCAVATION SECTIONS 5 AND 12, WSI Addendum2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8553.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE ABERDEENSHIRE: WATCHING BRIEF, Watching Brief (Bibliographic reference). SAB8544.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE, SECTIONS 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 & 29: POST-EXCAVATION RESEARCH DESIGN, PERD (Bibliographic reference). SAB8547.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2021, MORAY OFFSHORE WINDFARM (EAST) LTD, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE SECTION 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 & 29: ARCHIVE REPORT, Excavation Report (Bibliographic reference). SAB8545.

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May 21 2026 3:10PM