M74 Archaeological Survey

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Date 1993

Event ID 555556

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/555556

Survey of a c 500m wide corridor along a 64km stretch of the proposed line of the M74 (from Elvanfoot to Kirkpatrick Fleming).

People and Organisations

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
555505	RECORDING	FIELD WALKING	At NY 1040 9257 a small strip of ploughed land at Kirkhill was walked leading to the discovery of a previously unknown mesolithic site on the border of glacial and alluvial deposits by the River Annan. This important discovery was the subject of a detailed assessment which revealed surviving structural evidence that had been protected from plough damage by flood deposits. The site is threatened by a proposed service station and large scale excavation will be required as a condition of planning permission. [...]	1993
555508	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	At NY 1013 9323 a possible burnt mound was discovered in rough pasture beside a small stream. The mound is crescentic in plan and measures 7m in length standing up to 0.4m high. A small section of turf (0.2m by 0.2m) was removed and the make-up of the mound tentatively tested to a depth of 0.2m. This revealed a stony earthern fill light-reddy brown in colour. The stones were small in size and mostly angular fragments, but some rounded river pebbles were also present and no trace of blackening was found. Testing to any greater degree of intrusiveness was thought unwise. [...]	1993
555507	RECORDING	EXCAVATION	NY 1041 9258. GUARD carried out the excavation of a Mesolithic flint scatter detected during survey carried out in advance of the M6 upgrade. Trial excavation had detected the presence of features surviving in the topsoil, apparently related to the lithics collected on the surface. Full excavation detected a silted river bank, which represented a former course of the River Annan which now flows some 50m to the E of the site. [...]	1993

M74 Archaeological Survey

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