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Field Visit
Date 1998
Event ID 568520
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/568520
NS67SE 53 centred 655 743
NS 655 743; NS 603 735 (NS67SW 60); NS 619 737 (NS67SW 61); NS 630 774 (NS67 NW 33) (centres) A walkover survey was conducted prior to the implementation of a flood prevention scheme. The areas encompassed lands around the River Kelvin, the Luggie Water, the Glazert Water, the Park Burn and the Tower Burn. Much of the land appears always to have been marshy and prone to flooding, and for this reason little settlement archaeology was observed, the only example being a rectangular structure base and midden on slightly higher ground at Balmore (NS 603 735). A substantial boundary bank and ditch was observed to the NE of Hayston (NS 646 741). The course of the Antonine Wall runs through the area in Kirkintilloch (NS 655 745) but no remains are visible on the ground.
Many of the features observed were water management features. There is evidence that the course of the River Kelvin has been straightened (NS 665 749), possibly in the late 18th century. A lade was observed on the Glazert Water in Lennoxtown, and a further possible example on the Luggie Water in Kirkintilloch, just N of the aqueduct. Well-established embankments exist at many points on the banks of the watercourses, as a flood prevention measure, most notably on the banks of the Park Burn (NS 641 737).
Sponsor: Halcrow Crouch.
N Battley 1998
