Title: |
Archaeological excavation at Whelphill substation site, Whelphill, near Crawford, South Lanarkshire |
Series: |
Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An archaeological excavation was carried out prior to construction of a substation for a windfarm, to investigate features identified in an earlier trial trench evaluation. The site occupies a steep-sided bluff created by the erosion of a river terrace on the south side of the Midlock Water. A single roundhouse was excavated, with an adjoining ring-gully which is thought to represent a contemporary annexe or stockaded enclosure. A pit to the east contained sherds of flat-rimmed prehistoric pottery. Immediately to the south of the roundhouse were two parallel 'long enclosures', defined by very slight gullies, 50 m and at least 28 m long respectively. The date and character of the long enclosures is uncertain, but they appear to respect the location of the roundhouse (or vice versa). A shallow pit on the southern edge of the northern enclosure contained a saddle quern and fragments of flat-rimmed plain pottery. A turf-banked structure overlying part of one of the linear enclosures is interpreted as a post-medieval sheep bucht. |
Author: |
Paul Masser
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Publisher: |
Headland Archaeology
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
West of Scotland Archaeological Service (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2009
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Locations: |
Site: |
Whelphill substation |
Parish: |
CRAWFORD |
County: |
Lanarkshire |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 298700, 620240 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
BRONZE AGE
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Lithics
(Find)
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BRONZE AGE
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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SHERD
(Object England)
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BRONZE AGE
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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ENCLOSURE
(Monument Type Scotland)
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BRONZE AGE
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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ROUND HOUSE
(Monument Type Scotland)
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POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Sheep Bucht
(Monus)
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
headland1-61316 |
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Note: |
Data Structure Report
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Created Date: |
23 Nov 2016 |