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Watching brief photographs from Trench 6, Underground Cable Project, N of Kirkton Farm, Colpy to Blackhall Road, Inverurie
551 387/1/118/120/126
Description Watching brief photographs from Trench 6, Underground Cable Project, N of Kirkton Farm, Colpy to Blackhall Road, Inverurie
Date 2016 to 2016
Collection Cameron Archaeology Ltd
Catalogue Number 551 387/1/118/120/126
Category All Other
Scope and Content On September 26th, 2016 a watching brief took place along a 140m section of the cable corridor due east of Fairlea on the minor road connecting Dubston to Blairbowie, some 2km due west of Inverurie town centre. The watching brief was scheduled due to the presence of a possible ring ditch ‘Middleton’ (Site Number NJ72SW 55, location NGR NJ 7429 2252) identified in aerial photos in the early 1970s (Fielden 1993:34). Trenching took place with a 13 ton excavator using a 1.6m wide bladed bucket. Topsoil depth varied between 0.18 and 0.30m, but was overall very shallow, typically overlying a dark brown very compact silty clay subsoil with gritty inclusions. Also noted was an intermittent change to a light orangish-brown gritty clay subsoil, interspersed with mid to light-grey ‘gley’ concentrations of almost pure clay in areas of apparent standing water towards the eastern extent of the trench, located in an area of rough pasture which did not appear to have been cultivated in modern times. Bordering the change from a higher gley subsoil to the dark brown subsoil, a robust field drain located at NJ 74252 22586 was unearthed running roughly from north to south which contained 19th century ceramic and glass within the stones. As the area is suspected to contain a ring ditch, this linear feature was closely inspected and the trench widened by an additional 1.6m here, though this revealed modern glass and ceramic within the stone fill.
Accession Number 2017/60
External Reference CA287
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