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Birniehall, Quarry And Clamps
Lime Clamp(S) (Post Medieval), Limestone Quarry (Post Medieval)
Site Name Birniehall, Quarry And Clamps
Classification Lime Clamp(S) (Post Medieval), Limestone Quarry (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 96930
Site Number NS95SW 6
NGR NS 9110 5310
NGR Description Centred NS 9110 5310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96930
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Carstairs
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (20 July 1994)
NS95SW 6 911 531
This limestone quarry lies to the ENE of Birniehall and is depicted on the current 1:10,000 map as two ponds. The quarry comprises an oval hollow about 180m in length (E-W) by up to 30m across with spoil dumped to the S. At least seventeen U-shaped clamp kilns have been excavated into the spoil, mostly along the S face of the dump. The quarry is not shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1853, sheet xix), but is depicted on the 1911 revision of the 2nd edition map as two ponds.
(CSW 7015)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 20 July 1994
Project (August 2011 - May 2012)
An archaeological project was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd on behalf of the Black Law Wind Farm Grid Connection Extension. A desk based assessment and field survey was undertaken from 2011-2012. The aim of this has been to understand direct impacts on recorded cultural heritage assets, both designated and non-designated, and on as yet undiscovered assets within the Core Study Area.
Information from Hannah Tweedie, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), October 2012
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278539
Field Visit (August 2011 - May 2012)
Field survey identified the remains of the limestone quarry and clamp kilns surviving as turf-covered remains extending into the area which is now in use as a plantation.
Information from Hannah Tweedie, (CFA Archaeology Ltd), October 2012
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-278539
