Spurryhillock

Spurryhillock

Spurryhillock is a mesolithic archaeological site [ [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_127/127_017_027.pdf Derek Alexander, Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scot. 127 (1997) 17-27] ] and modern industrial estate [ [http://www.britnett-carver.co.uk/stonehavenbusiness/spurryhillock.html Stonehaven Business Association: Spurryhillock Industrial Estate] ] at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Vicinity history

Historical features in the local area include Fetteresso Castle, Ury House, Stonehaven Tolbooth, Dunnottar Castle and Muchalls Castle. On the Fetteresso Estate grounds there have been archaeological finds from the Bronze Age. [ [http://letmespeaktothedriver.com/site/10937/fetteresso.html#fieldnotes C.Michael Hogan, "Fetteresso Fieldnotes", The Modern Antiquarian (2008)] ]

ee also

*Red Cloak

References


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