Airth, Main Street, Crown Hotel
Boundary Ditch (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Hotel (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Airth, Main Street, Crown Hotel
Classification Boundary Ditch (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Hotel (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Shore Road
Canmore ID 145933
Site Number NS88NE 88
NGR NS 89892 87623
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/145933
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Airth
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88NE 88 89892 87623
NS 898 876 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in advance of a housing development next to the Crown Hotel on Shore Road, Airth. Two 10m long trenches were excavated on the site. Trench 1 revealed the remains of the foundations for a modern building which would have fronted onto Shore Road. The remains consisted of mortar cemented foundations and a concrete floor surrounded by demolition rubble. These remains were identified 0.4m below the surface of the site. In the south-eastern end of both trenches a ditch was identified. It measured approximately 1.8m wide and ran parallel with Shore Road. The ditch was latterly filled with a bluish grey, sticky, hard compacted silty clay with frequent inclusions of coal. The primary fill was a light grey, sticky, hard compacted silty clay with no inclusions. No dateable artefacts were retrieved from the ditch and it is suggested that the remains represent a late- or post-medieval boundary ditch. Both trenches encountered the natural subsoil at c. 1.2m below the site surface.
Sponsor: Murdoch Smith & Co. Ltd
Ross White, 2007
Archaeological Evaluation (10 May 2007)
NS 89898 87643 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken on 10 May 2007 in advance of a housing development next to the Crown Hotel on Shore Road, Airth. Two 10m-long trenches were excavated on the site. Trench 1 revealed the remains of the foundations for a modern building which would have fronted onto Shore Road. The remains consisted of mortar cemented foundations and a concrete floor surrounded by demolition
rubble. These remains were identified 0.4m below the surface of the site. In the SE end of both trenches a ditch was identified. It measured approximately 1.8m wide and ran parallel with Shore Road. The ditch was latterly filled with a bluish grey, sticky, hard compacted silty clay with frequent inclusions of coal. The primary fill was a light grey, sticky, hard compacted silty clay with no inclusions. No dateable artefacts were retrieved from the
ditch and it is suggested that the remains represent a late or post medieval boundary ditch. Both trenches encountered the natural subsoil at c1.2m below the site surface.
Archive deposited with RCAHMS. Falkirk Council SMR.
Funder: Murdoch Smith and Co. Ltd.
