Title: |
Falgunzeon Farm, Dalbeattie: Archaeological Walkover, Data Structure Report |
Series: |
Rathmell Archaeology Ltd unpublished report series
|
Downloads: |
|
Licence Type: |
ADS Terms of Use and Access
|
DOI |
|
Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
|
Abstract: |
A programme of archaeological assessment and walkover survey was required by the Forestry Commission Scotland in respect of ground being considered for acquisition at Falgunzeon Farm, Dalbeattie. These archaeological works were designed to inform on the nature, form and extent of any archaeology which may be present. The archaeological walkover works were carried out on 27th October 2010. Six potential cultural heritage sites were identified by the assessment within the study area; they ranged from local significance to regional significance. These included two areas dominated by clearance cairns, with one also containing a small rectilinear structure. A third area of field banks, terraces and cairns also contains two rectilinear structures and together these three sites appear to derive from medieval or later rural settlement and agriculture. However, an earlier prehistoric date for the upland cairnfields may also be credible. The fourth site is a scooped settlement of later prehistoric date surviving within an arable field, now improved pasture. The fifth is a low-lying combination of cairns and two small enclosures; one is very ephemeral while the other has previously been interpreted as a sheep enclosure. As these are never mapped they probably date to the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The farm buildings which make up Falgunzeon Farm itself form the last site of the six. |
Author: |
Thomas Rees
|
Publisher: |
Rathmell Archaeology Ltd
|
Other Person/Org: |
Historic Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
Dumfries and Galloway Archaeological Service (OASIS Reviewer)
|
Year of Publication: |
2010
|
Locations: |
Site: |
Falgunzeon Farm |
Parish: |
URR |
County: |
Dumfries |
Country: |
Scotland |
Grid Reference: 287870, 562740 (Easting, Northing)
|
|
Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
|
NONE
(Find)
|
UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
|
Cairn
(Monus)
|
UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
|
ENCLOSURE
(Monument Type Scotland)
|
POST MEDIEVAL
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
|
Farm Buildings
(Monus)
|
UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
|
FIELD SYSTEM
(Monument Type Scotland)
|
PREHISTORIC
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
|
Scooped Settlement
(Monus)
|
|
Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
rathmell1-86415 |
|
Note: |
A4 Spiral Bound Report
|
Source: |
|
Relations: |
|
Created Date: |
24 Nov 2016 |