Earthwork record MAB44185 - HILL OF FOULZIE

Lithic scatter: over 700 pieces of chert found during fieldwalking, and evidence of rig and furrow recorded by geophysical survey, The ground immediately to the north of a standing stone situated on the boundary between the farms of Nether and Over Foulzie, was investigated during the winter of 2002-3.

Lithic scatter: over 700 pieces of chert found during fieldwalking, and evidence of rig and furrow recorded by geophysical survey, The ground immediately to the north of a standing stone situated on the boundary between the farms of Nether and Over Foulzie, was investigated during the winter of 2002-3. Interpretation of a resistivity survey suggests that rig and furrow cultivation had been carried out in this area prior to the property boundary having been formalised in the early 17th century. No indications of this cultivation are now visible at ground level. During fieldwalking a relatively well defined lithic scatter, measuring circa 75m x 40m was identified. Over 700 pieces of chert were recovered and the assemblage is similar in character to one higher up the hill at NJ 719 595. Two small pieces of prehistoric pottery were also recovered, one of these was decorated with what appears to be part of a grooved chevron design. This area was walked again in 2004-2005 when another 700 pieces were found.

LINDSAY, WJ, 2004, HILL OF FOULZIE, FIELDWALKING 2004 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2799.

LINDSAY, S, 2006, DES VOL6, 2005, p.16 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1129.

field survey

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