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Watching Brief

Date 19 August 2014

Event ID 1010331

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010331

NX 9599 7517 (centred on) A watching brief was undertaken on 19 August 2014 in advance of the replacement of two electricity poles within the area of the scheduled monument. Trench 1 (NX 96005 75202) was excavated through recent backfill deposits and was archaeologically sterile. In Trench 2 (NX 95985 75121) a natural boulder clay surface, sealed by plough zone and modern backfill deposits, was recorded at a depth of c0.35m. There were no finds or features of archaeological significance.

Archive: Dumfries and Galloway Council, Historic Scotland and

RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: CIET (UK) Ltd

John Pickin

(Source: DES)

OASIS ID: johnpick1-188193

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