Two friends out walking their dogs along the eastern coast of Scotland unexpectedly found an archaeological goldmine. Since time was of the essence, the team improvised using a quickly assembled toolkit including Plaster of Paris purchased from a nearby craft store. Footprints From 2,000 Years Ago — Revealed by Storms, Gone in DaysThanks to the team’s rapid work, researchers have now documented Scotland’s first examples of ancient preserved human and animal footprints. Only a handful of similar sites have been discovered across the UK. Researchers have documented similar tracks at only a handful of sites across the United Kingdom, many of which no longer exist today.