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Clyde Wind Farm
Wind Farm (Modern), Lithic Implement(S) (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Prehistoric)
Site Name Clyde Wind Farm
Classification Wind Farm (Modern), Lithic Implement(S) (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Archibald Gair Head
Canmore ID 312691
Site Number NS91SE 60
NGR NS 9859 1436
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/312691
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Watching Brief (June 2010 - December 2011)
A watching brief was also undertaken during the removal of topsoil associated with the construction of a haul road. A small sub-circular pit (139) measuring 0.7 x 0.65 x 0.2m deep with almost vertical sides and a flat base was found 10m from a small burn. A sample of the fill produced a single sherd of abraded prehistoric pottery, possibly Middle or Late Neolithic in date, and 25 chert lithics including a microlith and an unfinished bifacial leaf point, of Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic date. A small quantity of cereal grain and charcoal was also recovered from the sample, and paired samples of hazel and birch charcoal returned radiocarbon dates of 2458–2152 cal BC and 2461–2208 cal BC at 2 sigma. The chert artefacts may therefore be residual.
Archive: RCAHMS and WoSAS
Funder: Scottish Power Energy Networks
Stuart Mitchell, CFA Archaeology Ltd
Magnus Kirby,
Graeme Carruthers,
Bruce Glendinning,
2012
