The B9031 Road is a paved public highway in northern

Aberdeenshire, Scotland Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the historic county of Aberdeenshire, which had substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includes all of the areas of the historic ...

. The roadway is notable for its proximity and access to a number of scenic, historic and

prehistoric Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...

sites. for example the road provides access to the historic St. Drostan's Kirk. The road also provides proximity access to the

sites of

Cairn Lee Cairn Lee is a prehistoric monument in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Cairn Lee and proximate Longman Hill are the oldest prehistoric Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone ...

and

Longman Hill Longmanhill is a Bronze Age long barrow situated atop a prominent rounded landform in northern Aberdeenshire, Scotland near Banff Bay. Due to the low-lying coastal plain characteristics, the elevation of Longmanhill affords a long-distance view as ...

.C. Michael Hogan. 2008

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* Cuthbert Graham. 1977. ''Portrait of the Moray Firth'' * C. Michael Hogan. 2008. ''Longman Hill'', Modern Antiquaria

* Richard D. Oram. 1997. ''Scottish prehistory'', 243 pages * N. H. Trewin, B. C. Kneller, Con Gillen. 1987. ''Excursion guide to the geology of the Aberdeen area'', Geological Society of Aberdeen, 295 pages * ''Philip's Motorists Atlas''. 2004. Based on United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, Octopus Publishing Group Ltd. Roads in Scotland Transport in Aberdeenshire Banff and Buchan {{Scotland-road-stub

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