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Seaview Primary School
Drain (Period Unassigned), Garden Feature (Period Unassigned), Stepping Stones (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Seaview Primary School
Classification Drain (Period Unassigned), Garden Feature (Period Unassigned), Stepping Stones (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 293039
Site Number NO43SE 507
NGR NO 4935 3260
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293039
- Council Angus
- Parish Monifieth (Angus)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Archaeological Evaluation (12 December 2007)
NO43SE 507
NO 4935 3260 Angus Council Corporate Services commissioned SUAT Ltd to undertake an archaeological evaluation on a site northwest of Seaview Primary School, Monifieth. Three trenches (roughly 25 x 2m) were excavated on existing playing fields; the trenches were within the footprint of a newly proposed school. The work was undertaken on the 19th and 20th November 2007 in reasonable weather conditions. Trench 3 revealed two areas of large flat stones and one of them formed an irregular flat surface resting on the natural. Neither patches were associated with any dateable material. It is possible that the stones had been placed over an area of ground that had once been boggy. The site code was MF01.
Tamlin Barton, Ray Cachart (SUAT Ltd), 12 December 2007.
Watching Brief (31 January 2008 - 13 February 2008)
NO 4935 3260 The watching brief entailed observing the excavation of the pits used to form the foundation pads for the new school. This was carried out on the stripped playing field north-west of the current school. The watching brief was undertaken between the 31st January and 13th February 2008 in fair weather conditions.
Only three features of archaeological significance were discovered; a probable garden feature, a rubble land drain and a group of irregular flattish stones similar to the ones discovered in the 2007 evaluation. The first two features probably related to a 19th-century garden. The stones however were more difficult to interpret and were either natural in origin or possibly represented a poorly constructed man-made surface of unknown date.
Tamlin Barton, 2008.
