Archaeology Notes

Event ID 826881

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS46SW 196 449 602

The remains of a Starfish decoy site (SF13d) are visible at this location on air photographs taken in 1946 (RAF 106G/Scot/UK140: 5264-5265) and 1988 (ASS 50888: 140, 141). The associated control bunker is visible 500m SSE of this site (NS45NE 59).

Information from RCAHMS (KM) 27 December 2002.

Excavations; watching brief NS 447 602 A programme of archaeological excavations and a watching brief was carried out in April and May 2005 prior to the construction of a replacement electrical switching station at a WW2 air-raid decoy site. The majority of the features excavated were associated with the decoy site (NS46SW 196) and consisted of a gun emplacement, nine concrete plinths and a length of trackway. Additional features excavated included an area of rig and furrow and a circular turf feature, which was probably a cattle feeding station. No additional features were identified during the watching brief.

Report to be lodged with WoSAS SMR and NMRS.

Sponsors: Scottish Power, Power Systems.

M Kirby 2005.