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Watching Brief
Date October 1998
Event ID 1014645
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014645
An archaeological watching brief was carried out in October 1998 at the Big Idea development site at Ardeer, Irvine following on from a field survey and desk based assessment carried out in December 1997.
Dredge deposits of laminated sands with frequent iron pan lenses were present across the site up to a maximum depth of 2m. The main dredge deposit of black waterlogged and completely saturated laminated silty sand with moderate inclusions of organic matter was on average 1.2m deep.
The sluice gates associated with controlling the water flow from the main lagoon to an ancillary lagoon and part of the main lagoon’s retaining bank has been removed by the development works.
No artefacts were recovered.
Baker, Firat Archaeological Services, 1998
