Document record MAB54320 - NETHER INVERICHNIE

Ring-ditch features including two pits, a possible post-hole, a curvilinear ditch and a linear feature 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 (NJ66SE0330).

Ring-ditch features including two pits, a possible post-hole, a curvilinear ditch and a linear feature 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 (NJ66SE0330). The two pits included an irregular shaped pit and a circular pit, probably a fire pit, with charcoal, burnt material, pottery sherds and a fragment of possible worked quartz recovered from the pit. A possible post-hole enclosed by a curvilinear ditch, and a potential linear terminus extending from the edge of the monitored area. The ditch contents had possibly been swept out from the pit or other areas of burning. The ditch had a few highly crushed fragments of hazel nutshell less than 0.5 cm, which were possibly residual from earlier activity. A total of 47 sherds of prehistoric pottery were recovered, of mid Bronze Age to early Iron Age in date. The finds also included lithics likely to be prehistoric date, possible worked stone objects including a possible stone disc. Radiocarbon dating on two separate nutshells from the ditch fill dated to 1536 BC - 1328 BC.

Period Notes
Radiocarbon dating: SUERC-98293, 3235 +/- 24 BP, calibrated to 1536 BC - 1438 BC at 2 sigma, material - hazelnut shell, Corylus avellana, curvilinear ditch fill. SUERC-98294, 3162 +/- 26 BP, calibrated to 1501 BC - 1328 BC at 2 sigma, material - hazelnut shell, Corylus avellana, curvilinear ditch fill.

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 WINDFARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE ABERDEENSHIRE: WATCHING BRIEF, Watching Brief (Bibliographic reference). SAB8544.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE, ABERDEENSHIRE: SECTION 8 & 9 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Excavation DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB8551.

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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Jun 22 2023 11:45AM