Document record MAB55400 - MILLTACK

Pit and linear ditch excavated by CFA in 2019 during a watching brief within the cable route corridor for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm (EAB9174).

An individual circular pit measured 0.6 m by 0.2 m deep, with concave sides and a fill containing fire-cracked pebbles and 21 prehistoric pottery sherds from a single round-based collared bowl and a few small fragments from a different vessel. The form and decoration being most similar to Unstan-Ware, with the round base suggestive of an Early Neolithic date. The linear ditch was on a north-south alignment, measuring roughly 13 m by 3 m by 0.15 m deep, with a peaty fill containing fire-cracked pebbles. Radiocarbon dating on two separate cereal grains from the pit dated to 3515 BC - 3103 BC, covering the Early Neolithic period. Unstan-Ware Neolithic collared bowls are very rare in North East Scotland, which along with the associated radiocarbon dates, give the pottery remains greater significance.

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, 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.

Record last edited

May 21 2026 3:16PM