Excavation

Date March 2016

Event ID 1023963

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023963

NT 27198 67690 A programme of top soil stripping and excavation was undertaken, March 2016, in advance of development of land at Frogston Road East. The work sought to investigate remains discovered during an initial evaluation. The removal of topsoil from a c100 x 70m area long the W perimeter of the site revealed a suite of features, including a clay lined kiln, a truncated stone platform, a stone hearth with post built super-structure and numerous pits, postholes and curvilinear ditches. Small finds were

largely absent and restricted to modern ceramics and a single small ceramic body shard of uncertain date. Based on form and existing archaeological parallels it is likely that the majority of the features are medieval/early post-medieval in date and represent the truncated remains of field systems and delineated activity areas. This will hopefully be clarified by post-excavation analyses.

Archive: NRHE (intended)

Funder: BDW Trading Ltd and The Catchelraw Trust

Kevin Paton and Rob Engl – AOC Archaeology Group

(Source: DES, Volume 17)