Document record MAB61897 - STRUAN FARM, EDZELL

GUARD undertook a 7 percent archaeological evaluation of the development area on behalf of D.

GUARD undertook a 7 percent archaeological evaluation of the development area on behalf of D. Geddes (Contractors) Ltd as part of a planning application for the extraction of sand and gravel. The evaluation took place in three phases. The first phase, conducted in August 2009, concluded that there was a thin spread of archaeological features within three fields consisting of linear features, pits, post-holes, shallow scoops, stake-holes and shallow spreads. There were three areas which had particularly significant archaeological remains. These included a possibly prehistoric food processing area in Trench 60, a palisade trench in Trench 327 and a pit containing Neolithic or Early Bronze Age pottery in Trench 408. The second and third phases were conducted in September and October 2009 across three fields at the southern end of the proposed extraction area, including the field around cropmarks at Westfield (NMRS: NO66NW40 and 73 - Scheduled Monument 6368). Despite the proximity to the scheduled area, no significant archaeological remains were encountered during phases 2 and 3.

GUARD, 2009, STRUAN FARM, BRECHIN: DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Evaluation DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB2605.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2010, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND: VOL 10, 2009, p.21 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3514.

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