Field Visit
Date March 1975
Event ID 1124358
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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NS 748 557. Enclosure, Airbles (Site): it is recorded (Statistical Account [OSA] 1796) that until the 18th century a ditch enclosed an oblong area of about 0.1 ha (0.25 acres) on the edge of the steep slope above the River Clyde. When the ditch was cleared out, no finds were made except for some clinker, but to mark the site the existing dwelling called 'The Summer House' was built and the area landscaped.
A mineral railway and tip now cover part of the overgrown and derelict area outside the garden of The Summer House, which lies immediately W of the railway viaduct and cutting on the N bank of the River Clyde. Excavations into a putative bank and ditch running parallel to the SE side of the garden revealed no indication of an artificial origin (Davidson 1952.
RCAHMS 1978, visited March 1975
