Biggar Museum Daer Valley Survey

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Date 2002

Event ID 554580

Category Project

Type Project

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The Daer Valley has been resurveyed with a significant number of sites being recorded for the first time, of which the following are the most significant. The area is being used by Biggar Museum as a project base which will be the prototype for a series of similar projects in the coming years.

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
554594	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	In the Howe Cleuch between Ewe Gair and Little Hill, 1.3Km N of Daerhead there is a burnt mound at 400m OD. It is located on the N bank of the Howe Cleuch burn on a terrace and is 35m W of the bridge over the burn. The mound measures 8m x 5m x 0.6m high. Some earthfast rocks are around the S side and a small pile of stones lies beside it. [...]	1992
554584	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	There is evidence of a burnt mound in an area that has been severely affected by forestry ploughing. It lies on the W side of Hitteril Hill, within Watermeetings Forest. To the S is an unnamed spring course, and the site lies in an area of forest that has been clear felled and re-planted. Heat reddened burnt stones were recorded where the earth had been upturned for re-planting. The full extent of the mound isnot clear,but it does spread for several metres. No charcoal was found during limited trials to test for the deposit. [...]	2002
554593	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	On the NE side of Comb Law and between Coom Burn and Rae Cleuch there is a burnt, prominent mound, 5 x 5 x 1m. It lies on the slope, immediately below a hill drain. The original spring course wason the S side of the mound, which is covered in the same short grass that surrounds it. [...]	2002

Biggar Museum Daer Valley Survey

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