Culhawk Hill

Date July 1996 - August 1996

Event ID 557906

Category Project

Type Project

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A survey and excavation on the ring-ditch house at Culhawk Hill by AOC.

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
557908	RECORDING	CONTOUR SURVEY	A detailed survey using a total station instrument was undertaken on the ring-ditch site at Culhawk Hill to produce a close contour interval record of the monument and a courser interval survey within a zone measuring some 40m wide around the site. This was to determine the extent of damage from rabbits and trees.	July 1996
557907	RECORDING	EXCAVATION	Partial excavation of the scheduled ring-ditch house (NMRS NO 35 NW 37) on Culhawk Hill, Kinnordy Estate, Kirriemuir, was commissioned by Historic Scotland as part of their ongoing programme of research into the impact of biota on archaeological sediments. [...]	July 1996

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MS 5252/2

Excavation archive: Phosphate sample book; Red sample card; Finds cards; White sample cards; Green sample cards; Context recording cards; Finds/sample lists (as submitted to FDP panel); Site notebook.

MS 5252/3

Excavation archive: Photographic register; Drawing record; Survey record; Context checklist.

MS 5252/4

Post-excavation archive: Post Excavation Stage 2 Reports; The plant remains from Culhawk Hill ring-ditch house report; Report on Routine Soil Analyses; Excavation of Culhawk Hill Ring-Ditch House (draft and final versions); Costed post-excavation research design; Micromorphological description and interpretation of five thin sections; Post excavation Stage 1 reports.

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