Building record MAB10897 - HILL OF DAVIDSTON

Desk based assessment and walkover survey carried out by CFA ahead of a proposed windfarm identified 40 sites within the proposed development area.

Desk based assessment and walkover survey carried out by CFA ahead of a proposed windfarm identified 40 sites within the proposed development area. They include 19 farmsteads, two of which were first depicted on an 1822 map, the rest first shown on the OS 1st edition map (1873), one with associated stack stands (see also NJ44SW0058, NJ44SW0017, NJ44SW0019, NJ44SW0021, NJ44SW0020, NJ44SW0024, NJ44SW0025, NJ44SW0023, NJ44SW0027, NJ44SW0084, NJ44SW0085 NJ44SW0144), Thirteen clearance cairns of uncertain date were identified along the edge of currently improved pasture fields. The pattern of enclosure has changed little since the OS 1st edition but field boundaries are now mostly of post and wire. A possible cairn field has been recorded by RCAHMS (NJ44SW0026), and the 2009 survey found a further 17 possible cairns immediately to the east. Other features included three enclosures (NJ44SW0060), a mill lade the remains of which are still partially visible, two quarries and a disused pit.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2009, EIA FOR PROPOSED WIND FARM AT HILL OF DAVIDSON, NEAR DRUMMUIR (Bibliographic reference). SAB5282.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2009, PROPOSED WIND FARM AT HILL OF DAVIDSTON, NR KEITH: CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, DBA/survey report (Bibliographic reference). SAB6677.

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