Archaeological Evaluation

Date 12 March 2018 - 21 March 2018

Event ID 1039882

Category Recording

Type Archaeological Evaluation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1039882

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by WYG on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), to undertake an archaeological evaluation of the area of land adjacent to the south of the northern taxiway at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, prior to the widening of the taxiway. The evaluation demonstrated that much of the area has been extensively landscaped during the construction of the airfield in the late 1930s, but that in some areas archaeological deposits of unknown age do exist. These features are generally shallow and truncated by the landscaping. It is probable that they are prehistoric in date, due to their similarities in shape and form as cropmarks with other examples in the area. Areas of low ground were filled in with material scraped and planed from areas of higher ground, as shown in the areas of high natural only 0.15 m below the current ground surface. Immediately prior to this landscaping a series of dumps of modern material were made in the area to the southwest of the old graveyard.

Information from OASIS ID: waherita1-313625 (B Saunders) 2018