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Aberdeenshire Council has agreed to sell the site of the failed tourist attraction Archaeolink.

The prehistory park at Oyne, near Insch, was shut down in 2011.

Attempts to find a new backer have ended in failure.

It opened in 1997 but cost more than £100,000 a year in annual subsidies.

Aberdeenshire Council has agreed to put the former museum and a large amount of open space on the open market.

Councillor Fergus Hood, chairman of the Garioch area committee, said: "Archaeolink has served its use as a tourist facility and, having considered a range of options since its closure, it is felt offering the site for sale is the most sensible way forward.

"As well as the museum structure itself, the site boasts a substantial amount of open space and we hope it will attract significant interest."