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put the earliest human activity in the area at 6640–6230 BC. There was a scatter of domestic settlement in the Middle Bronze Age (radio carbon dates of 1700-1200 BC) and pre-Roman Iron Age. They also believe there may be the remnants of a barrow cemetery. The archaeologists also identified a section
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burial mound at Huly Hill, Newbridge, in advance of development at the Edinburgh Interchange. The chariot was the first of its kind to be found in Scotland.
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Excavations in advance of a phased commercial development in 2007 and 2014 by AOC Archaeology revealed human activity in Newbridge from the
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since 1975. The original village consists of a small crossroads settlement to the east of the eponymous New Bridge, which spans the
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and the A89. One of the busiest roundabouts in Scotland, traffic congestion became intolerable and it was converted to a
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Newbridge shares Hillwood Primary School with Ratho Station. Newbridge is in the catchment area for
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roundabout interchange in 1997, becoming Junction 1 of the M9. The A8 (dual carriageway to
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junction only) runs from the Newbridge Roundabout into Edinburgh City Centre. The
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The Newbridge roundabout was built in 1970 as a flat roundabout serving the
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nearby at Ratho Station. Larger supermarkets can be found in
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The flooded workings of Hillwood Quarry, south of Newbridge,
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in Scotland. It formerly lay on the western fringe of
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