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Watching Brief
Date 29 January 2013 - 22 February 2013
Event ID 964314
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/964314
GUARD Archaeology Ltd were commissioned to undertake an archaeological watching brief during the construction works for the Helix Canal Connection to the Forth and Clyde Canal Scheduled Ancient Monument Area between Falkirk and Grangemouth. The canal wall of the Forth and Clyde Canal at this juncture was clearly identifiable during this watching brief and was found to consist of timber pilings and heavily compacted grey clay, capped by large cap stones. The foundation trench was infilled with natural boulder clay. Subsurface deposits on the south bank of the canal have also evidently been disturbed previously by service trenches.
The canal connection area lies within the eastern part of the Castlecary-M9 Motorway section of the Forth and Clyde Canal, located to the north of Falkirk and centered on NGR NS 9053 8162. The precise area of groundworks subject to the archaeological watching brief is bounded to the north by the Forth and Clyde Canal, to the south and east by the Helix Canal access road and to the west by the A9. Six sites of archaeological interest aresituated within the immediate environs of the development area.
Information from Oasis (guardarc1-144574) 8 July 2013
