Blantyre Mills, Blantyre Lodge
House (Period Unassigned), No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Blantyre Mills, Blantyre Lodge
Classification House (Period Unassigned), No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 216537
Site Number NS65NE 42.03
NGR NS 69463 58484
NGR Description NS c.694 584
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/216537
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Blantyre (Hamilton)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS 694 584 An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in April 2001 in advance of proposed relandscaping around the site of Blantyre Lodge, the old mill manager's house, within the grounds of the David Livingstone Centre. Trench 1 examined the southern side of the former turning circle in front of the former house and revealed layers of gravel over a sandstone foundation. Trench 2 located the southern wall foundation of the former house at a depth of c 1.5m below the present ground surface. The sandstone wall, which survived up to three courses high, sat within a wide foundation trench but had clearly been extensively robbed. Artefacts recovered from the excavation include a mixture of 19th to 20th-century pottery, glass shards, and architectural details such as floor tiles, wallplaster and roof slates.
Details also came to light of previous unpublished excavations in 1993-94.
Sponsor: National Trust for Scotland
D Alexander 2001
Excavation (9 June 2014 - 15 June 2014)
NS 69467 58476 Two small test trenches were excavated, 9–15 June 2014, as part of a community dig on the site of the 19th-century Mill Manager’s House. The excavation did not go any deeper than topsoil but, nonetheless, retrieved a number of interesting small finds, including coins and jewellery and uncovered the uppermost surviving courses of the lodge.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: The National Trust for Scotland
Daniel Rhodes – The National Trust for Scotland
(Source: DES)
