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Birchwood - Mumrills
Building Platform (Roman), Samian (Roman)
Site Name Birchwood - Mumrills
Classification Building Platform (Roman), Samian (Roman)
Canmore ID 365168
Site Number NS97NW 167
NGR NS 9163 7942
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/365168
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
Excavation (12 May 2018 - 13 May 2018)
NS 9163 7942 An area to the E and S of Birchwood House was excavated, 12 – 13 May 2018, to assess the degree of disturbance that had been caused by the construction of a house in 1980. It was found that all the Roman levels in the immediate area had been removed by the excavation of a large basement, and beyond that Roman levels only survived below 0.8m from the present surface, except at the very easternmost limit of the property where the boulder platform of a building lay only 0.4m down. Roman pottery was recovered from the disturbed levels, including a samian base with a graffito.
Archive: Falkirk Museum
Funder: Falkirk Local History Society and EAFS
Geoff Bailey – Falkirk Local History Society and Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society
(Source: DES Vol 19)
