Shawhead Junction A8/a725 | Canmore

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Road Junction (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Shawhead Junction A8/a725

Classification Road Junction (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 346250

Site Number NS76SW 177

NGR NS 72498 62596

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/346250

Digital Images

Watching brief, View of main track topsoil strip from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, View of main track topsoil strip from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

23/4/2013

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Watching brief, View of works to the W side of the junction from SW, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, View of works to the W side of the junction from SW, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

2/5/2013

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Watching brief, Working shot showing re-deposited coal/shale below topsoil from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, Working shot showing re-deposited coal/shale below topsoil from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

9/4/2013

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Watching brief, View of track to N of compound 2 from N, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, View of track to N of compound 2 from N, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

29/4/2013

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Watching brief, S facing section of gas pipe trench showing layers of coal dust from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, S facing section of gas pipe trench showing layers of coal dust from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

9/4/2013

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Watching brief, View of compound 1 topsoil strip from W, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, View of compound 1 topsoil strip from W, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

18/4/2013

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Watching brief, Detail of the railway embankment from E, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, Detail of the railway embankment from E, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

23/4/2013

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Watching brief, view of existing gas compound from SW, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, view of existing gas compound from SW, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

24/4/2013

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Watching brief, View of main track area to be stripped from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, View of main track area to be stripped from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

24/4/2013

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Watching brief, Main track topsoil strip showing disturbed ground from N, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Watching brief, Main track topsoil strip showing disturbed ground from N, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Records from Headland Archaeology Ltd, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland

3/5/2013

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Watching brief, View of main track topsoil strip from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, View of works to the W side of the junction from SW, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, Working shot showing re-deposited coal/shale below topsoil from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, View of track to N of compound 2 from N, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, S facing section of gas pipe trench showing layers of coal dust from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, View of compound 1 topsoil strip from W, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, Detail of the railway embankment from E, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, view of existing gas compound from SW, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, View of main track area to be stripped from NE, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

Watching brief, Main track topsoil strip showing disturbed ground from N, M8 enabling works, Coatbridge

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Administrative Areas

Council North Lanarkshire
Parish Old Monkland (Monklands)
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Monklands
Former County Lanarkshire

Activities

Watching Brief (9 April 2013 - May 2013)

NS 72498 62596 A watching brief was undertaken, 9 April – May 2013, ahead of road improvements at the M8/A725 Shawhead Junction. The removal of topsoil from areas to the SE of the junction to provide compound areas and access tracks exposed areas of clay subsoil and evidence of 19th/20th-century disturbance associated with the coal mining industry.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Forkers Ltd on behalf of Transport Scotland

Donald Wilson, Headland Archaeology Ltd, 2013

(Source: DES)

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