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Douglas Water, Broken Cross Muir
Open Cast Mine (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Douglas Water, Broken Cross Muir
Classification Open Cast Mine (Period Unassigned), Sheepfold(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 155829
Site Number NS83NE 45
NGR NS 854 374
NGR Description Centred on NS 854 374
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/155829
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Lesmahagow
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS83NE 45 centred on 854 374
NS 854 374 (centre) An evaluation was undertaken in advance of a planning application for permission to develop an opencast coal site. A total of eight sites were evaluated. Five were found to be of recent date: two sheep rees, a shooting butt and two collections of stones. A possible prehistoric hut circle was evaluated but only minimal dating evidence in the form of chert debris was retrieved. An adjacent bank and a probable clearance cairn also remain undated.
Sponsor: Scottish Coal.
S Halliday 1999
NS 8550 3750 A programme of works incorporating hand- and machine-excavation and survey were undertaken in advance of opencast coal mining. A possible hut circle was investigated and found to be a modern structure, probably a sheepfold. Profiles through the bank of a rectangular enclosure were recorded; this is also likely to be a relatively modern stock enclosure. Three possible clearance cairns were excavated and found to be slight natural mounds; three trial trenches in the vicinity did not identify any further remains. Four shooting butts, two square enclosures and an area of low mounds were planned and located by survey.
Sponsor: Scottish Coal.
S Stronach 2001
Excavation (21 May 2001 - 24 May 2001)
NS 8550 3750 A programme of works incorporating hand- and machine-excavation and survey were undertaken in advance of opencast coal mining. A possible hut circle was investigated and found to be a modern structure, probably a sheepfold. Profiles through the bank of a rectangular enclosure were recorded; this is also likely to be a relatively modern stock enclosure. Three possible clearance cairns were excavated and found to be slight natural mounds; three trial trenches in the vicinity did not identify any further remains. Four shooting butts, two square enclosures and an area of low mounds were planned and located by survey.
Sponsor: Scottish Coal.
S Stronach 2001
