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Stoneyburn
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Cremation(S) (Period Unassigned), Arrowhead(S) (Flint), Beaker (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Pygmy Cup, Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Stoneyburn
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Cremation(S) (Period Unassigned), Arrowhead(S) (Flint), Beaker (Pottery)(Bronze Age), Pygmy Cup, Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint), Unidentified Pottery (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 72478
Site Number NS91NE 33
NGR NS 9606 1963
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72478
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS91NE 33 9606 1963
Three small cairns were investigated by Archaelogical Projects Glasgow (now GUARD) in May and June 1991 under the sponsorship of the Scottish Office Roads Department. Sited on a small glacial knoll beside the A74 and the London to Glasgow main line the three cairns were in close proximity to one another.
The largest of the three had a slight banking to the cairn structure and covered a redeposit of natural soils containing a number of pits. These produced pottery ranging from late Neolithic to middle Bronze Age in date and a variety of flints. Other flints were recovered from the area around the cairns. Most notable among the flints were a leaf-shaped arrowhead and a barbed and tanged arrowhead.
The two smaller cairns lacked the slight structuring of the larger cairn and were simple mounds. Central to both were single small pits containing cremations. Covering one of the cremations was a complete pygmy cup in an excellent state of preservation. Cremated bone was also recovered from pits under the larger cairn, but the quantities were not sufficient to indicate primary burial.
I Banks 1991.
NS 9575 1935 A watching brief was conducted in November 1993 in order to monitor the felling and subsequent removal of electricity tower XA209, on the 275kv transmission line between Strathaven and Harker. This tower was situated c 50m E of three cairns. The SE limit of the scheduled area of these cairns runs along the transmission line. Scheduled monument consent was obtained prior to work starting.
The procedure and limited destruction was as described on NS92SW 28.
Tower XA209 was situated at the E boundary of the scheduled area. It was therefore possible to fell the tower northwards and away from the archaeologically sensitive area. Excavation of the tower foundations revealed nothing of archaeolclg'cal significance. A shallow topsoil, c.0.1m deep, overlay a yellow-orange sand and gravel subsoil. No artefacts were recovered and no features noted.
Sponsor: Scottish Power plc.
CFA 1994.
NS 9605 1957. Excavation of three small cairns at Stoneyburn Farm was carried out in advance of road construction. The two smaller cairns contained early Bronze Age burials and produced five faience beads and a complete pigmy cup. The largest cairn covered an area of complex avtivity running from the early Neolithic to the early Bronze Age. Sherds of both early Neolithic bowls and of beakers were recovered. Lithics recovered included finished forms such as arrowheads and utilized waste.
I Banks 1995
