Blood Glen Burn
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Blood Glen Burn
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Auchencrosh To Currarie Port Cable Route
Canmore ID 235178
Site Number NX07NE 45.03
NGR NX 0845 7803
NGR Description Centred NX 0845 7803
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/235178
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ballantrae (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX07NE 45.03 centred on NX 0845 7803
Two substantial length of field bank were investigated during the course of a watching brief connected with cable laying operations for the Scotland/Northern Ireland electrical interconnection project.
The banks form part of a small enclosure, extant to a height of 0.5m and a width of 2.7m. Like NX07NE 45.02, these banks were identified in the pre-construction survey and only investigated where they were cut by the cable corridor. The banks were generally of earthen construction containing some large stones directly overlying the gravely grey clay subsoil and no deposits of archaeological significance were encountered.
Parts of a field system are depicted on the OS first edition map (Ayrshire, Sheet LXIX, 1857) and on the 1:10,000 (1979) map adjacent to those described. It is possible that they relate to a later phase of land division.
Sponsors: Farrans (Construction) Ltd on behalf of Siemens
Information from CFA 2000 (MS/1081/16)
