Laurencekirk, Fordoun Road
Cultivation Remains (Medieval), Rectilinear Enclosure (Period Unknown), Flake (Prehistoric), Lithic Implement(S) (Quartz)(Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Laurencekirk, Fordoun Road
Classification Cultivation Remains (Medieval), Rectilinear Enclosure (Period Unknown), Flake (Prehistoric), Lithic Implement(S) (Quartz)(Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 36531
Site Number NO77SW 21
NGR NO 7136 7208
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36531
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Laurencekirk
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO77SW 21 7136 7208
Classifiation and name cited as 'Crop marks, Laurencekirk'. First photographed 31 July 1957.
(Undated) information in CUCAP card index.
(Location cited as NO 7133 7210: nominated as Site of Regional Significance). Air photography (CUCAP VZ 74, flown 31 July 1957 and AAS/78/02/S2/21, flown 28 July 1978) has recorded the cropmarks of a square enclosure and a possible arc of ditch on a gentle slope at an altitude of 65m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/35.
NO 714 720 In May 2000 an area of rig and furrow was excavated and recorded in advance of a proposed housing development. Excavation of trenches revealed the remains of medieval rig and furrow cultivation initially identified from aerial photographs. Furrows that had been cut into the natural till were recorded and sampled. No further investigation of the area of rig and furrow on the development site will be required.
Sponsor: Medlock and Medlock.
R Cachart 2000
Field Visit (October 1981)
Fordoun Road, Laurencekirk NO 713 720 NO77SW
Cropmarks reveal what may be an enclosure measuring about 15m square, and an arc of ditch 400m NW of the disused Laurencekirk railway station. Nothing is visible on the ground.
RCAHMS 1982, visited October 1981
Aerial Photographic Transcription (2 February 2000 - 8 February 2000)
An aerial transcription was produced from oblique aerial photographs. Information from Historic Environment Scotland (BM) 31 March 2017.
Watching Brief (21 June 2018)
NO 71348 72084 A watching brief was carried out, 21 June
2018, during topsoil stripping for a new house (Plot 2) at
Fordoun Road. While no finds or features were noted, raw
quartzite was identified which complements recent finds of
worked lithics.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Private individual
Robert Lenfert – Cameron Archaeology
(Source: DES, Volume 19)
OASIS ID: camerona1-328877 (R Lenfert) 2018
Watching Brief (30 May 2018 - 31 May 2018)
NO 71348 72084 A watching brief was undertaken, 30–31
May 2018, during topsoil stripping for a new road to
seven housing plots. Rig and furrow cultivation ridges
were recorded across the trench. No other features were
identified but three quartzite objects were found in the
topsoil: a core with two platforms, a core or short endscraper
and a short end-scraper probably dating to the
Middle or Late Bronze Age.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Medlock and Medlock
Alison Cameron – Cameron Archaeology
(Source: DES, Volume 19)
OASIS ID: camerona1-384387 (A Cameron) 2018
Watching Brief (30 October 2018 - 23 January 2020)
A watching brief of Plots 4, 5 and 7 was carried out on 30 October 2018 and on Plot 6 on 23 January 2020. Remains of furrows were recorded but no evidence of any other archaeological features (Illus 4). One fragment of burnt flint was recovered from the topsoil (spoil heap) but the only features recorded were furrows, stone drains and field drains. This completes the watching briefs for the plots owned by Medlock and Medlock and there is now just Plot 3 which is in private ownership.
Information from OASIS ID: camerona1-384397 (A Cameron) 2020
Watching Brief (21 October 2020)
NO 71369 72098 A watching brief was carried out at the last plot (3) in this self-build development. No archaeological features were recorded but two undiagnostic quartz lithics, one tertiary hard-hammer flake and one intermediate piece were recovered from topsoil.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Private individual
Alison Cameron – Cameron Archaeology
(Source: DES Vol 21)
OASIS ID: camerona1-409204
