Archaeological Evaluation

Date 11 July 2011 - 22 July 2011

Event ID 963721

Category Recording

Type Archaeological Evaluation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/963721

NS 5901 6340 An evaluation was undertaken 11–22 July 2011 prior to a proposed mixed retail and residential development on an area of land that included part of the former Govan Ironworks. The evaluation consisted of the excavation of 57 trenches over an area of 6980m2, just over 9.3% of the development site.

The majority of the site had suffered modern disturbance with extensive made ground deposits across much of the site, especially to the N. In the S the absence of any remains relating to the iron works is testament to a thorough salvage and reclamation process. Remains of the late 19th-century Naburn Street were recorded in the NW corner of the site, and included the road surface, kerbstones and tenement building remains. The remains of two deeply set flues, a sandstone building and brickwork were all that could be attributed to the site’s extensive industrial past.

Archive: RCAHMS

Funder: Cathcart Developments Ltd

AOC Archaeology Group, 2011