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Newton Mearns, West Acres
Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric), Organic Material (Charcoal)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Bronze Age)
Site Name Newton Mearns, West Acres
Classification Palisaded Settlement (Prehistoric), Roundhouse (Prehistoric), Organic Material (Charcoal)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 268556
Site Number NS55NW 126
NGR NS 530 558
NGR Description NS c.530 558
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/268556
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Mearns
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Eastwood
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS55NW 126 c.530 558
NS 530 558 A programme of evaluation works was undertaken between October and November 2002 on the site of a proposed residential development site (see DES 2000, 32; NS55NW 20). A total of 64 trenches were excavated, revealing a cluster of archaeological features around an apparent palisade-enclosed homestead. The excavation of these features was carried out in December 2002 after a further area around them had been stripped of topsoil.
The excavation revealed a ring-groove roundhouse, bounded on the S by a palisade. Numerous internal features, such as post-holes and pits, were apparent and appeared to define the internal layout. Two curvilinear palisade trenches to the immediate N of the roundhouse were demonstrated to precede and succeed the construction of the roundhouse. Considerable quantities of charcoal and Late Bronze Age pottery sherds were recovered from features within and outwith the roundhouse, representing significant dating and occupational evidence for the site.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Mactaggart & Mickel Ltd.
R Toolis 2003
