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Clydebank, Carleith
Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Clydebank, Carleith
Classification Axehead (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Carleith Farm
Canmore ID 43287
Site Number NS47SE 32
NGR NS 481 730
NGR Description NS c. 481 730
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43287
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SE 32 c. 481 730
A piece of a stone axe was found on the hill behind Carleith farm (NS 481 730) in the spring of 1893.
J Bruce 1893
The Old Kilpatrick Hills rise sheerly behind Carleith farm and the find-spot could not be deduced. No information could be obtained regarding the present whereabouts of the axe.
Visited by OS (WMJ) 21 March 1951
Desk Based Assessment (2012)
CFA Archaeology Ltd undertook an assessment of the cultural heritage implications of the proposed route of a replacement overhead line (XF Route) from Neilston, Renfrewshire to Windyhill, East Dunbartonshire.
Although 109 cultural heritage features were identified by the desk-based assessment of the 250m buffer around the proposed route of the replacement XF overhead line, very few of these lie along the route of the line, or in immediate vicinity of the location of any of the towers.
The overhead line replacement project has been assessed against the cultural heritage baseline. Taking into account the construction methodology to be employed and agreed mitigation strategy, it is considered that the development conforms to Local and National Policy relating to the cultural heritage resource.
Funder: Iberdrola
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Magnetometry (18 December 2021)
NS 48126 72971 The HES Archaeological Survey Team undertook geophysical (gradiometer) survey at Carleith Farm, West Dunbartonshire. This forms part of a wider Antonine Wall Geophysical Survey project, which aims to address management and research questions relating to the Antonine Frontier by investigating the extent and significance of sub- surface archaeological remains at various locations within the World Heritage property.
The fieldwork was conducted on 18 December 2021. In total 0.99ha were surveyed using a Sensys MXPDA gradiometer covering a length of the Antonine Wall and a suspected location of a fortlet. The geophysical survey has produced average quality gradiometer results, which have successfully contributed to the aims of the survey. There is a high level of confidence that the chosen methodology and survey strategy was appropriate to assess the archaeological potential of the survey area.
The survey confirmed the course of the Antonine Wall ditch in the eastern part of the survey area but its exact location is unclear in the centre and western areas, due to the occurrence of modern magnetic disturbance. In the western part of the survey area the location of the fortlet was confirmed in a position immediately west of where Lawrence Keppie excavated in 1980 (Proc Soc Antiq Scot 111 (1981), 242–3).
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Historic Scotland Foundation
Nick Hannon – Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
(Source: DES Vol 22)
