Title: |
Shore Road, Airth: Archaeological Evaluation |
Series: |
CFA Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in advance of a housing development next to the Crown Hotel on Shore Road, Airth. Two 10m long trenches were excavated on the site. Trench 1 revealed the remains of the foundations for a modern building which would have fronted onto Shore Road. The remains consisted of mortar cemented foundations and a concrete floor surrounded by demolition rubble. These remains were identified 0.4m below the surface of the site. In the south-eastern end of both trenches a ditch was identified. It measured approximately 1.8m wide and ran parallel with Shore Road. The ditch was latterly filled with a bluish grey, sticky, hard compacted silty clay with frequent inclusions of coal. The primary fill was a light grey, sticky, hard compacted silty clay with no inclusions. No dateable artefacts were retrieved from the ditch and it is suggested that the remains represent a late- or post-medieval boundary ditch. Both trenches encountered the natural subsoil at c. 1.2m below the site surface. |
Author: |
R White
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Publisher: |
CFA Archaeology Ltd
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Falkirk Museums Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2007
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Locations: |
Site: |
Shore Road, Airth |
Parish: |
AIRTH |
County: |
Stirling and Falkirk |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 289898, 687643 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cfaarcha1-28204 |
OBIB: |
CFA Report No 1319 |
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |