Watching Brief
Date 13 February 2009 - 24 March 2011
Event ID 1006559
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1006559
A wall section exposed during construction works near Putlog Bridge was
recorded by photographic and measured survey. The former road bridge is an 18th century single-span, depressed arch bridge which is Category C(S) listed and lies adjacent to the Castlecary Viaduct. The wall section represents part of the former approach-road to the bridge and was founded directly onto natural clays. It was exposed to a length of 40m and was up to 1.5m in depth. The surrounding area had also been reduced down to the natural subsoil and mixed modern overburden lay directly over both this and the wall. The ground reduction and dump deposits are likely to result from construction of the A80.
Alistair Robertson, Headland Archaeology Ltd 2012. OASIS ID: headland1-101979
