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Cupar, Ceres Road, Cupar Golf Course
Golf Course (19th Century) (1892)
Site Name Cupar, Ceres Road, Cupar Golf Course
Classification Golf Course (19th Century) (1892)
Canmore ID 273510
Site Number NO31SE 424
NGR NO 38024 13454
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/273510
- Council Fife
- Parish Cupar
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO31SE 424 37935 11614
A scheme of archaeological works was carried out in August 2004 in a field S of Hill of Tarvit Mansionhouse as part of the Hill of Tarvit Golf Course Project. A 1924 plan of a nine-hole golf course is the basis of the reconstruction of the old course, to be played with original hickory clubs and replica balls. The works aimed to locate any former golf course features, and comprised geomagnetic and electrical resistance surveys and the excavation of four test pits.
The geomagnetic survey revealed a pattern of linear anomalies which were interpreted as land drains; these were confirmed by test pit excavations. It is not known whether these were associated with the golf course. No conclusive evidence was revealed for the presence of features associated with the former golf course.
A trial area of electrical resistance survey was conducted in the western end of the field. This revealed a number of linear anomalies interpreted as former plough furrows.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: NTS.
D Hale 2004
NO 3791 1167 A small-scale investigation was conducted after a length of mortared masonry was discovered during works preparatory to the reinstatement of a historic hickory golf course. Two drainage features on the same alignment were revealed, a buff-coloured ceramic pipe to the W and an unbonded stone culvert to the E, the ceramic pipe feeding into the culvert. A stamped date on the ceramic pipe indicates that it was laid in or after 1951, whereas the culvert would appear to be an earlier type of drainage feature. Although the mortared masonry was aligned with the N wall of the culvert, the use of mortar suggests that it probably derives from repair work rather than the original unbonded structure.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: The National Trust for Scotland.
Richard Heawood, 2006.
Archaeological Evaluation
NO 3791 1167 A small-scale investigation was conducted after a length of mortared masonry was discovered during works preparatory to the reinstatement of a historic hickory golf course. Two drainage features on the same alignment were revealed, a buff-coloured ceramic pipe to the W and an unbonded stone culvert to the E, the ceramic pipe feeding into the culvert. A stamped date on the ceramic pipe indicates that it was laid in or after 1951, whereas the culvert would appear to be an earlier type of drainage feature. Although the mortared masonry was aligned with the N wall of the culvert, the use of mortar suggests that it probably derives from repair work rather than the original unbonded structure.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: The National Trust for Scotland.
