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Test Pit Survey
Date August 2007
Event ID 558105
Category Recording
Type Test Pit Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/558105
NG 2441 0593 An attempt to identify the extent of this Neolithic site, first investigated in September 2006 (DES 2006, 101), was made during three days’ work in late August 2007. Nine 1m square test pits were excavated to the depth of the subsoil or archaeological layers of unknown origin, whichever was encountered first. The E and W margins of the site were revealed, marked by the presence in two of the sondages of layers of red ?peat ash containing numerous Neolithic potsherds and some lithics. The other test pits were either excavated
down to the subsoil, which was scored by ard/plough marks of unknown age, or onto stony layers that were not removed in case they were part of archaeological features. No rabbit damage was noted in any of the sondages, an indication that at least some of this site survives intact. Specialist reports are now being
commissioned and once completed a research strategy will be developed with the aim of seeking support to look at this exciting site in more detail.
Archive to be deposited with the NTS SMR and RCAHMS.
Funder: National Trust for Scotland.
