Roberts, A. V. (2011). M80 Stepps to Haggs Improvement Scheme: Report on Archaeological Monitoring of Works during Construction Phase . Headland Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1036339. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 M80 Stepps to Haggs Improvement Scheme: Report on Archaeological Monitoring of Works during Construction Phase
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Series:		 Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1036339
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 This report presents the findings of archaeological monitoring of groundworks undertaken as part of a programme of mitigation required by Historic Scotland during construction of the M80 motorway improvement scheme. The route for the new section of the M80 motorway development runs from Stepps in North Lanarkshire to Haggs in the Falkirk area and incorporates the route of the existing A80. The fieldwork was undertaken between February 2009 and March 2011. Few archaeological features were revealed during the work, with the results comparable to those of the evaluation carried out by Headland in 2007. Monitoring of areas immediately adjacent to the A80 revealed that there had been significant landscaping during the road construction in the 1960s, which is likely to have removed much of the archaeology at these locations. No features were recorded in the areas where peat had developed; indicative of poorly-draining soils where settlement would be impractical. At other locations more suitable for habitation, such as on higher and better-draining ground, some evidence for agricultural activity from the medieval period onwards was recorded.
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Author:		 A V Roberts
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Publisher:		 Headland Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic Environment Scotland (OASIS Reviewer)
North Lanarkshire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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Site: M80 extension
County: Lanarkshire
Parish: CADDER
Country: Scotland
County: Stirling and Falkirk
Parish: FALKIRK
Grid Reference: 265700, 669300 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 279300, 679800 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) BRIDGE (Monus)
ROMAN (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages) FORT (Monument Type Scotland)
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OASIS Id: headland1-101979
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Note:		 A4, metal spine-bound
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018