Archaeologists startled to discover Neolithic ritual site FRANK URQUHART THE setting for one of the most famous castles in Scotland’s North-east was first used as the site for a high-status building almost 6,000 years ago, it was revealed yesterday. A team of archaeologists began work earlier this month at the Crathes Castle Estate, on Royal Deeside, to investigate what was thought to be the remains of a timber hall from the Dark Ages, 1,500 years ago. But they have instead found the remains of a large Neolithic building which may have been used as a prehistoric ritual site. The remarkable...