Mesolithic Deeside are carrying out test pitting at a newly identified Mesolithic site at Kincardine O’Neil. We found a flint scatter in 2018 and are looking for remains of hearths and post-holes. Everyone welcome – volunteers, students, families, experienced and inexperienced. Full training will be given. Get in touch for more details.

Background:
This is one of the first fields that Mesolithic Deeside fieldwalked in 2018 and it was a frozen day which meant that we had to hack the flints from the frozen ground. We were very excited to find a range of Mesolithic blades and cores on this field, which had not been walked previously and was, therefore, a new site for the Sites and Monuments Record. The test pitting will allow us to see what the underlying deposits can tell us about the site. Are there pits or hearths surviving or have they all been ploughed out? What do the underlying sands and gravels tell us about what the river was like in the past?

This project has been supported by the Marr Area Small Project Fund, the King George V Wind Farm Fund and Bread of Life. We are hoping to have local schools involved as well as plenty of volunteers depending on the Covid situation. The headteacher of the local primary school has committed to send all their classes. Ann Clarke (@AnnClarkeRocks) is our lithic specialist and she will report on all the finds as she has done from the start of the project. She has also been training members of our group who are now highly skilled at identifying and reporting on the flints.

Address
Canmore Place, AB34 5BG Aberdeenshire, Royaume-Uni