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A programme of archaeological investigation comprising fieldwalking, test-pitting, metal detecting and keyhole excavation was carried out around Wester Fintray Farm in 2004 as Phase 1 of the Kintore Landscape Project. The area investigated included a number of known archaeological sites: NJ81NW0028, NJ81NW0076, NJ81NW0039, NJ81NW0031, NJ81NW0025, NJ81NW0032, NJ81NW0037, NJ81NW0036, NJ81NW0023. A total of 326 artefacts were recovered from the field walking and 110 test pits. In general the results appear to represent a background level of Neolithic and Bronze Age activity. One concentration of lithics was identified from field C (NJ81NW0031), the assemblage representing a narrow blade lithic working assemblage of possible Mesolithic date. The results indicate a Mesolithic site, probably a temporary camp resused over a number of years. Also within this area was an in-situ a metal working feature within an enclosure. Metal detecting carried out in two fields (B and the northern end of A) recovered four post-medieval coins. Excavation of a trench through cairn NJ81NW0028 revealed a charcoal rich layer at the base of the cairn. Within the same field a cup-marked stone and two other possible examples were located. See also NJ81NW0364 for 2024 fieldwalking.
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