Archaeological Evaluation

Date 29 August 2016 - 30 August 2016

Event ID 1023888

Category Recording

Type Archaeological Evaluation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023888

NT 6371 8125 An assessment was carried out, 29–30 August 2016, of the cairn known as St Baldred’s Cradle as part of a community participation programme. The work consisted of a topographic and geophysical survey, plus the excavation of two small evaluation trenches.

The cairn was said to have been destroyed by the insertion of a type 22 pillbox during WW2. However, D Easton (2001) suggested this was not the case. The trenches uncovered evidence of the brickwork for the emplacement; and more tellingly, the original cairn seems to be largely extant. Although it has been partially damaged by the 20th-century

defensive structure, it is definitely a mound of human creation and may represent a prehistoric site.

Archive: Connolly Heritage Consultancy

David Connolly – Connolly Heritage Consultancy

(Source: DES, Volume 17)