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An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in 1993 in advance of the realignment of an unclassified road connecting Auchenblae Road and Cemetery Road, west of the Spurryhillock Junction on the A90 Aberdeen-Stonehaven Trunk Road (NGR: NO852 861). This loop road impinged on the south-eastern part of a scheduled cropmark complex (NO88NE0038) which appears to represent the remains of an open settlement thought to be of later prehistoric date. The remains of a shallow curvilinear ditch and eight pits were recovered in one area which produced evidence for Mesolithic and Neolithic activity, one pit dated to the Neolithic with Unstan Ware pottery being found within it. A flint flake, charcoal deposits and flint blades, along with radiocarbon dating, confirmed a Mesolithic date for the lower fill of another pit. In another trench a number of truncated pits with no associated artefacts were recorded. An archaeological evaluation was carried out in 2024 on the land adjacent to Fetteresso Cemetery and uncovered several possible pre-historic features - See NO88NE0051 for evaluation during road widening along the southeast side of the site.
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