Flint Quarry destroyed by landfill
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Site WatchWork on the expansion of a North-east landfill site has been halted after archaeological sites were destroyed. Aberdeenshire Council has taken legal action to stop construction at the Stoneyhill landfill, near Peterhead.By JAMIE BUCHAN
An enforcement notice is being prepared for service on owner Stoneyhill Waste Management. The local authority claims the company broke planning regulations and began work before consent was issued. As a result, two sites of archaeological interest were destroyed and a third was damaged. Stoneyhill Waste was granted planning permission for an extension to its Longhaven site in June, subject to no fewer than 30 planning conditions.
Council planners told the company that no work could begin until a number of the conditions were fulfilled.
It is not the first time that historical sites have been lost because of excavation work at the Stoneyhill site.
In the late 80s, an archaeological site was destroyed during the original quarrying operation.
And in 1999, when the current landfill site was being formed, a further site of archaeological interest was lost.
A spokeswoman for the authority's planning department said: "It is a matter of considerable concern that once again archaeological sites have been destroyed at Stoneyhill.
"These sites cannot now be investigated and recorded."
She said enforcement action would be taken to prevent further unauthorised work.
A kiln, farmstead, old flint quarry and remains of a wall have already been lost at the Dun-na-Cluaich site at Stoneyhill.
"There are some remaining sites at Stoneyhill and we want to protect them," she said.
No one from the company was willing to discuss the situation yesterday.
However, Cruden councillor Jim Towers said: "I find this a very unhappy situation.
"It's part of our cultural heritage that has been destroyed and lost for ever.
"I'm extremely disappointed and annoyed by the damage that has been done. Stoneyhill Waste Management has ridden roughshod over the planning regulations that were laid down." Last month, the firm won a major contract from Highland Council. The £13million scheme will see 80,000 tonnes of rubbish from the inner Moray Firth area being transport to the Buchan quarry from next year.
Source: Evening Express, Business Section - This is Scotland 28/09/02
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