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Lossiemouth Airfield
Ditch (Period Unknown), Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Lossiemouth Airfield
Classification Ditch (Period Unknown), Ring Ditch (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 358279
Site Number NJ26NW 50.10
NGR NJ 20667 69880
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/358279
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Archaeological Evaluation (12 March 2018 - 21 March 2018)
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by WYG on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), to undertake an archaeological evaluation of the area of land adjacent to the south of the northern taxiway at RAF Lossiemouth, Moray, prior to the widening of the taxiway. The evaluation demonstrated that much of the area has been extensively landscaped during the construction of the airfield in the late 1930s, but that in some areas archaeological deposits of unknown age do exist. These features are generally shallow and truncated by the landscaping. It is probable that they are prehistoric in date, due to their similarities in shape and form as cropmarks with other examples in the area. Areas of low ground were filled in with material scraped and planed from areas of higher ground, as shown in the areas of high natural only 0.15 m below the current ground surface. Immediately prior to this landscaping a series of dumps of modern material were made in the area to the southwest of the old graveyard.
Information from OASIS ID: waherita1-313625 (B Saunders) 2018
Archaeological Evaluation (12 March 2018 - 21 March 2018)
NJ 19803 69090 and NJ 20667 69880 An evaluation was undertaken, 12 – 21 March 2018, of land to the S of the northern taxiway prior to the widening of the taxiway. The work established that much of the area had been extensively landscaped during the construction of the airfield in the late 1930s, but that in some areas archaeological deposits of unknown age do exist. These features are generally shallow and truncated by the landscaping. It is probable that they are prehistoric in date, due to their similarities in shape and form to cropmarks in the area. Areas of low ground had been filled-in with material removed from areas of higher ground, where the natural was recorded only 0.15m below the current ground surface. Immediately prior to this landscaping, a series of dumps of modern material were made in the area to the SW of the old graveyard.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Ministry of Defence
Ben Saunders and Chris Swales – WA Heritage
(Source: DES Volume 19)
