Braehead, Broom Road, Community Heritage Garden
Bead (Glass)(Period Unassigned), Buckle (Copper Alloy)(Period Unassigned), Button (Copper Alloy)(Period Unassigned), Musket Ball (Period Unassigned), Stylus (Copper)(Period Unassigned)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (15th Century)
Site Name Braehead, Broom Road, Community Heritage Garden
Classification Bead (Glass)(Period Unassigned), Buckle (Copper Alloy)(Period Unassigned), Button (Copper Alloy)(Period Unassigned), Musket Ball (Period Unassigned), Stylus (Copper)(Period Unassigned)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (15th Century)
Canmore ID 339477
Site Number NS89SW 169
NGR NS 80415 92221
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/339477
- Council Stirling
- Parish St Ninians
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
Metal Detector Survey (17 June 2013 - 23 June 2013)
NS 80491 92006, NS 80243 91453 and NS 80546 91205 A programme of surveying and the hand excavation of test pits was carried out, 17–23 June 2013, in collaboration with the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology on several areas to the N of Bannockburn. None of the geophysical anomalies identified during the survey related to archaeological features. Two archaeological features were encountered during the excavation work; a possible fire pit and a possible dry stone wall. The majority of the finds from the metal detecting survey dated from the 18th century to the present day. The only earlier finds were: a silver Elizabethan coin; a musket ball; harness; shield; and the buckle and strap of a belt that may be of earlier date.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: The National Trust for Scotland and BBC
Iraia Arabaolaza and Warren Bailie, GUARD Archaeology Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
Test Pit Survey (13 September 2013 - 14 September 2013)
The investigations at the Braehead Community Garden was achieved with the help of volunteers from the local community, including 350 school children from the nearby Braehead Primary School and Nursery. The metal-detecting survey was conducted across the 1.5 hectare site by members of the Scottish Artefact Recovery Group (SARG) and Detecting Scotland working alongside GUARD Archaeology staff. 21 test pits were excavated during the course of the two day project. This work was carried out ahead of the construction of a Community Garden at Braehead.
The metal-detecting survey retained a total of 97 finds. The discard included modern picnic refuse in the form of bottle tops and ring pulls. The retained finds included a musket ball, a copper alloy decorative shoe/buckle piece, an iron plated button with crowned lion design, a copper alloy button and a small copper pointed object (possible part of a writing implement). Many of the corroded iron objects are unidentifiable but
are likely to be debris form post-medieval agricultural machinery.
From the 21 test pits excavated across the three areas the material culture included medieval ceramic dating from thirteenth through to the fifteenth century. The assemblage included one sherd of reduced green-glazed 15th Century pottery as well two unglazed sherds of similar date. A copper alloy thimble and a small blue glass bead were also recovered from the test pits.
Information from Oasis (guardarc1-173909) 10 March 2014
