Douglas Support
Battleaxe
Site Name Douglas Support
Classification Battleaxe
Alternative Name(s) Rosehall
Canmore ID 74530
Site Number NS76SW 20
NGR NS 72 62
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74530
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Old Monkland (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
A battle-axe from Douglas Support is in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow (A.1917.1). (Rosehall, a house at NS 722 621 depicted on the 1st edition of the 6-inch OS map, (Lanarkshire), 1864, sheet xi, was later renamed 'Douglas Support'; now demolished.)
F E S Roe 1966.
(Location cited as NS 73 62). This battle-axe is of Early form and has been petrologically attributed to group XXVII (greywacke from the Southern uplands of Scotland).
T H McK Clough and W A Cummins 1988.
Project (February 2001 - March 2001)
NS76SW 149 centred on NS 725 626
NS 72 62 (area) A desk-based study and reconnaissance field survey were undertaken in February and March 2001 towards the preparation of a cultural heritage chapter for an Environmental Statement for a proposed business park within the Douglas Support Estate, near Coatbridge.
Eight sites were noted. Two known sites were a prehistoric burial site (NS 76 SW 1) and a battle-axe findspot which may relate to the same site (NS 76 SW 20). No field remains of the burial site were observed, and its former location has been partly disturbed by a recent pipeline development.
Two former coal mines (Rosehall Colliery Pits 3 and 12: NS 727 626 and 720 627) have largely been landscaped and reclaimed, and fragments of the former mineral railway network survive in the surrounding landscape. Two annular enclosures (NS 726 624) and a curvilinear parchmark (NS 722 629) were detected on vertical aerial photographs, but no surface traces of these sites were identified through field survey.
Part of the former Douglas Support Estate grounds lie within the study area. Field survey confirmed that most of the former estate buildings, including the country house at NS 722 621, have been demolished, although the ruins of the estate offices (NS 723 623) and a mausoleum (NS 720 623) survive, and the 19th-century terraced gardens overlooking the North Calder Water remain as substantial earthworks. The former garden features of the estate have largely been removed, although surrounding parkland features survive in good, if neglected, condition.
Full report to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Palisade Properties plc.
A Dunwell 2002
