A while taking a casual stroll on the beach noticed that recent storms had stripped the dunes to reveal a footprint preserved in layer of clay.
Council archaeologist Bruce Mann alerted experts from the University of Aberdeen, who then rushed to the scene.
Only a few such prints have ever been found in England, and none previously in Scotland.
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