Developer faces fines for destroying sites

A landfill company faces fines after a local council accused it of destroying parts of an
11th century battlefield. Aberdeenshire Council has issued an enforcement notice
to Stoneyhill Waste Management, based in Peterhead. The council says the company extended its landfill site before archaeological work required by planning
permission could take place.

David Lynn, director of the Council for Scottish Archaeology, said, 'Our archaeological heritage is always under threat. You can't have the economic imperative overriding everything else.'

Glenn Jones, manager of Stoneyhill Waste Management, said: 'As far as we are concerned, we don't believe that they were archaeological sites.'