Erskine Parish Church, Manse
Ditch (Period Unassigned), Manse (Period Unassigned), Wall(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Erskine Parish Church, Manse
Classification Ditch (Period Unassigned), Manse (Period Unassigned), Wall(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Ailsa Lodge
Canmore ID 219038
Site Number NS47SW 24.01
NGR NS 44752 71952
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/219038
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Erskine
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS47SW 24 01 44752 71952
NS 4475 7195 A watching brief was carried out in June 2006 during groundworks for an extension to the building. A N-S orientated ditch with a width of c 1.8m and a maximum depth of 0.9m was uncovered. There were no finds from this feature.
Archive to be deposited with NMRS and WoSAS.
Sponsor: Lansdowne Care Ltd.
M Kirby, 2006.
Now known as Ailsa Lodge no longer in the ownership of the Church of Scotland
RCAHMS August 2001 STG
Watching Brief (July 2006)
NS 4475 7195 A watching brief was carried out in June 2006 during groundworks for an extension to the building. A N-S orientated ditch with a width of c 1.8m and a maximum depth of 0.9m was uncovered. There were no finds from this feature.
Archive to be deposited with NMRS and WoSAS.
Sponsor: Lansdowne Care Ltd.
M Kirby 2006
Watching Brief (January 2009)
NS 4475 7195 A watching brief conducted by CFA in 2006 during groundworks for the construction of an extension to the W of Ailsa Lodge recorded a large ditch, which was interpreted as a vallum, and evidence of early Christian ecclesiastical occupation.
A watching brief was undertaken in January 2009 on work relating to the construction of an extension to the E.
We recorded an E–W oriented dry stone masonry structure, interpreted as the probable remains of a garden wall; the remains of the sandstone foundations of the recently demolished eastern annexe; and the remains of a sandstone foundation footing, which had a fragment of re-used cornice in its fabric. The wall was probably truncated by a salt-glazed drain and its construction was probably contemporary with the building of the present manse in the mid-19th century. No trace of the previously recorded vallum was seen.
Archive: RCAHMS and WoSAS SMR
Funder: Argus Construction Ltd
Phil Moore – CFA Archaeology Ltd
Watching Brief (20 November 2012 - 21 November 2012)
NS 44747 71965 A watching brief was undertaken, 20–21 November 2012, during the excavation of foundations for a new conservatory. The remains of two walls, probably post-medieval in date, and the remnants of a previous garden wall were recorded.
Archive: Renfrewshire Council HER and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Quigley Architects
James Lewis, CFA Archaeology Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
