Forth Replacement Crossing

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Date September 2010 - June 2011

Event ID 966754

Category Project

Type Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/966754

NT 122 819 (N) to NT 119 736 (S) A series of trial trenching evaluations were undertaken, September 2010 and June 2011, in advance of the construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing. A number of discoveries during the evaluations led to further work. The details of this work are shown by land parcel.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Transport Scotland

Headland Archaeology Ltd, 2011

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
968521	RECORDING	EARTH RESISTANCE SURVEY	A resistivity survey was undertaken over the Echline Fields on the proposed route of the southern approach to the Forth Replacement Crossing. The survey did not clearly identify any areas of clear archaeological activity, as is often expected from geophysical surveys. In this case it was predominantly due to geological conditions and site conditions not conducive to good ground contact. However, the results do indicate several anomalies that may be significant and many more that are likely to be of Low Archaeological Significance. This meant that there were sufficient anomalies, to allow a programme of targeted trial trenching to be undertaken The results of the trial trenching will be used to inform an updated interpretation of the geophysics, with a goal of assessing its usefulness in this case, in a more objective way. [...]	1 December 2009
966984	RECORDING	TRIAL TRENCH	NT 12143 77293 (centred on) LP10. [...]	5 April 2010
966978	RECORDING	TRIAL TRENCH	NT 11422 78220 (centred on) LP4 – Echline Fields, South Queensferry A total of 189 trenches (17198m²) comprising a 7.5% sample were excavated across LP4. Trenches were targeted following assessment of the results of a geophysical survey undertaken 30 August–16 September 2010. The evaluation identified archaeological features in several trenches across the land parcel. Subsequently four areas of excavation with a total area of 16032m2 were opened located around the features of archaeological interest. [...]	30 August 2010

Forth Replacement Crossing

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