Title: |
Beecraigs Country Park, West Lothain: Archaeological Evaluation |
Series: |
Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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DOI |
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
A series of archaeological investigations were undertaken in advance of construction of a new eco-visitor centre at Beecraigs Country Park, West Lothian. The site was subject to an 8% sample trial trench evaluation and all topsoil stripping in advance of construction was subject to an archaeological watching brief. The work revealed evidence of prehistoric activity in the form of a timber circle, a ring ditch and a possible roundhouse. The timber circle was located on the top of a small hill on which the site is situated and comprised seven postholes. A small, deep ring ditch lay immediately to the west and was interpreted as having been related to a burial cairn that had subsequently been removed. Some 100m to the southwest and off the crest of the hill on a natural terrace a partial ring ditch was interpreted as the heavily truncated remains of a roundhouse and some associated features were recorded. No directly dateable artefacts were recovered from these features; their form and two fragments of cannel coal suggested a later prehistoric date. |
Author: |
Jamie Humble
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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: |
2012
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Locations: |
Site: |
Beecraigs Counrty Park |
Parish: |
LINLITHGOW |
County: |
West Lothian |
Country: |
Scotland |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Beecraigs Country Park West Lothian |
Grid Reference: 300302, 674696 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
UNCERTAIN
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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NONE
(Find)
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PREHISTORIC
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Pit Circle
(Monus)
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PREHISTORIC
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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RING DITCH
(Monument Type England)
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PREHISTORIC
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Ring Ditch House
(Monus)
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PREHISTORIC
(ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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Prehistoric (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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Identifiers: |
OASIS Id: |
headland1-79215 |
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Note: |
A4 Report
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Created Date: |
25 Nov 2016 |