Cleaven Dyke and Littleour | Canmore

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Date 1993 - 1996

Event ID 556596

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/556596

Excavations, detailed contour survey and geophysics at Cleaven Dyke and Littleour.

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
552566	RECORDING	EXCAVATION	Four trenches cut through the line of the Cleaven Dyke. [...]	4 September 1993
552565	RECORDING	CONTOUR SURVEY	A survey of the Cleaven Dyke was carried out over five seasons between 1994 and 1997. The survey comprised creating a Digital Terrain Model complemented by mapping the key topographic features (top of bank, bottom of bank etc). [...]	1994
552649	RECORDING	EARTH RESISTANCE SURVEY	Resistivity survey at Littleour. 1996 season incomplete due to equipment malfunction.	1995

Digital Images

View of cleared segment during excavation at Cleaven Dyke from roof of storage container in 1995.

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View of cleared segment during excavation at Cleaven Dyke from roof of storage container in 1995.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

29/5/1995

© Courtesy of HES (Sponsored Excavations)

Excavation photograph: Film 93/BW/1: Ditch section A1 after emptying at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 28.

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Excavation photograph: Film 93/BW/1: Ditch section A1 after emptying at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 28.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

17/9/1993

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Excavation photograph: Film 93/BW/2: Section through bank, NW side of cut, Site B at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 30.

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Excavation photograph: Film 93/BW/2: Section through bank, NW side of cut, Site B at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 30.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

20/9/1993

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Excavation photograph: Film 95/BW/2: OLS after removal of first spit at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 32.

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Excavation photograph: Film 95/BW/2: OLS after removal of first spit at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 32.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

29/5/1995

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Excavation photograph: Film 95/BW/1: Site after cleaning to second planning spit at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 34.

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Excavation photograph: Film 95/BW/1: Site after cleaning to second planning spit at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 34.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

23/5/1995

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Excavation photographs: Film 96/CS/1: Feature L15 after cleaning at Littleour. Illustration 44.

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Excavation photographs: Film 96/CS/1: Feature L15 after cleaning at Littleour. Illustration 44.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

3/9/1996

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Excavation photographs: Film 95/CT/3: Feature L9 at half section at Littleour. Illustration 47.

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Excavation photographs: Film 95/CT/3: Feature L9 at half section at Littleour. Illustration 47.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

1/6/1995

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Excavation photograph: Film 96/BW/2: Feature L23: E half under excavation showing pottery at Littleour. Illustration 48.

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Excavation photograph: Film 96/BW/2: Feature L23: E half under excavation showing pottery at Littleour. Illustration 48.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

2/9/1996

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Excavation photograph: Film 96/BW/2: Feature L23: W half under excavation showing pottery at Littleour. Illustration 93.

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Excavation photograph: Film 96/BW/2: Feature L23: W half under excavation showing pottery at Littleour. Illustration 93.

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Historic Scotland Archive Project

2/9/1996

© Courtesy of HES (Sponsored Excavations)

View of cleared segment during excavation at Cleaven Dyke from roof of storage container in 1995.

Excavation photograph: Film 93/BW/1: Ditch section A1 after emptying at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 28.

Excavation photograph: Film 93/BW/2: Section through bank, NW side of cut, Site B at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 30.

Excavation photograph: Film 95/BW/2: OLS after removal of first spit at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 32.

Excavation photograph: Film 95/BW/1: Site after cleaning to second planning spit at Cleaven Dyke. Illustration 34.

Excavation photographs: Film 96/CS/1: Feature L15 after cleaning at Littleour. Illustration 44.

Excavation photographs: Film 95/CT/3: Feature L9 at half section at Littleour. Illustration 47.

Excavation photograph: Film 96/BW/2: Feature L23: E half under excavation showing pottery at Littleour. Illustration 48.

Excavation photograph: Film 96/BW/2: Feature L23: W half under excavation showing pottery at Littleour. Illustration 93.

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Post-excavation archive: Radiocarbon dating results for Cleaven Dyke and Littleour; AOC report on macrofossil selection for radiocarbon dating from Cleaven Dyke, 1993; CFA macrofossil analysis and identification from Cleaven Dyke, 1995; CFA macrofossil analysis and identification from Littleour, 1995; radiocarbon dating submission with details of samples from Littleour, 1996.

Post-excavation archive: Data Structure Report 1993-96, Cleaven Dyke/Littlour; Draft report: Cleaven Dyke - A Perthshire Cursus Monument in its Context.

Post-excavation archive: Miscellaneous notes, articles, sketches and trench layout from Cleaven Dyke.

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