Archaeology Notes

Event ID 708728

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS97NW 22 921 798 to 923 796.

An extensive shell midden.

D Sloan 1985; MS List, 13 March 1985

The northern 10m of this midden were removed during the construction of the Laurieston Bypass. It lay between 11m and 15m OD and was found to be 43m long E-W, by 35m broad N-S. The southern margin still lies buried under 1.2m of hillwash and topsoil. The maximum depth of oyster shells was 0.65m, although it seldom exceeded 0.4m. On the NW corner was a zone of burnt stones, 3.5m in diameter. There were ephemeral indications of a structure surrounding this area.

Sponsor: Falkirk Local History Society

G B Bailey 1992.