Kirby, M. (2020). Land East of Carriden Brae, Muirhouses, Falkirk Archaeological Evaluation. CFA Archaeology Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1105479. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Land East of Carriden Brae, Muirhouses, Falkirk Archaeological Evaluation
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1105479
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Abstract:		 An archaeological trial trenching evaluation was carried out in advance of a planning application for a residential development at Land East of Carriden Brae, Muirhouses. This area lay within close proximity to a number of important Roman features associated with the Antonine Wall and formed part of the designed landscape associated with Carriden House. Early Ordnance Survey map editions depicted a track cutting across the southern part of the proposed development area. The track is thought to have been a coffin road running from Muirhouses to a seventeenth century burial ground at Carriden House. A church associated with the burial ground had medieval origins, possibly suggesting an early date for the track. A stone and gravel surface associated with this track were identified within three of the trial trenches. It sat on a levelling deposit consisting of industrial ash suggesting a 19th century date for its construction. Pottery and glass recovered from the surface of the track and adjacent ditches were also largely 19th century in date although some sherds of post-medieval pottery recovered from the upper surface of one of the ditches may imply earlier origins predating the constructed surface. These sherds of pottery were compatible with the seventeenth century date for the burial ground. Other features identified consisted of a stone box drain associated with a small pond. These features are thought to represent part of the designed landscape associated with Carriden House. Field drains of the rubble, ceramic cylinder, and horseshoe type indicate post-improvement agriculture, while evidence of possible mine-workings was also identified. Information from the National Records of Scotland suggests that there were mines-workings dating back to medieval times on monastic estates such as Carriden, but these possible mine-shafts were found to post-date the field drains.
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Author:		 Magnus Kirby ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 CFA Archaeology Ltd
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Year of Publication:		 2020
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County: Stirling and Falkirk
District: Falkirk
Country: Scotland
Parish: Bo'ness and Carriden
Grid Reference: 302103, 680596 (Easting, Northing)
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MINE WORKINGS (Monument Type Scotland)
20TH CENTURY MINE WORKINGS (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type Scotland)
20TH CENTURY DITCH (Tag)
TRIAL TRENCH (Event)
POTTERY (Object Scotland)
POST MEDIEVAL POTTERY (Tag)
DITCH (Monument Type Scotland)
POST MEDIEVAL DITCH (Tag)
POST MEDIEVAL (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
20TH CENTURY (ScAPA : Scottish Archaeological Periods & Ages)
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OASIS Id: cfaarcha1-379438
OBIB: CFA Report No. 3926
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Created Date:		 13 Mar 2023