Earthwork record MAB45523 - CRAIG BRAES, MONTROSE BASIN
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Summary
Remains of saltpans.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NO 7021 5659 (342m by 215m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NO75NW |
| Civil Parish | Maryton |
| Authority | Angus |
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Remains of saltpans. An area of linear 'ponds' and the remains of an encircling dyke are all that remains of saltpans in the south-east side of Montrose Basin. A salthouse and salt banks are noted on maps of the basin in 1805. Mention is made of saltpans on the south side of the basin in the 12th century in a charter by King Malcolm IV granting the Abbey of Jedburgh one tenth of the 'salt works of Munros and the mill they erected'. The medieval saltworks may have lain further west from the later ones, nearer Old Montrose. A watching brief was undertaken during the removal of maritime club rush from an area within the wildlife centre at Craig Braes on the south side of the Montrose Basin in September 2008 by Scotia Archaeology. Using a toothless ditching bucket attached to a mechanical excavator, three trenches were opened across the most clearly defined of the bucket pots. No trace of any features of significance was uncovered during the excavation, not even the ghostings of timbers set into the edges of the bucket pot. The silt exposed in the three trenches was mostly pale buff in colour with lenses of blue-grey material and very occasional small pebbles. Observed during coastal zone assessment survey carried out by SCAPE between February and March 2009.
colour print, colour print (Ground Photograph). SAB29463.
SCAPE, 03/2009, COASTAL ZONE ASSESSMENT SURVEY PART 2, p. 69 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4802.
Montrose Basin Hert Soc, 2003, Salt Pan & Saltwork References (Bibliographic reference). SAB2893.
SCOTIA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2008, CRAIG BRAES, MONTROSE BASIN:WATCHING BRIEF (Bibliographic reference). SAB4775.
WATCHING BRIEF
ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2009, DISCOVERY & EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, VOL 9, 2008, p.31 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3496.
WHITE, H, 2012, MONTROSE BASIN SURVEY 1999-2012 (Bibliographic reference). SAB2127.
Feb 14 2003 , GR/03/CT59-68, GR/03/CT59-68 (Ground Photograph). SAB37221.
Jul 22 2008 , AAS/08/3/DG042-44, AAS/08/3/DG042-44 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB30027.
Sep 15 2000 , AAS/00/13/CT150, AAS/00/13/CT150 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB29388.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ANG;
- NMR Card Number: NO75NE1;
- NRHE Numlink: 297049;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NO75NW0148;
External Links (1)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/297049 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (9)
- --- SAB2127 Bibliographic reference: WHITE, H. 2012. MONTROSE BASIN SURVEY 1999-2012.
- --- SAB2893 Bibliographic reference: Montrose Basin Hert Soc. 2003. Salt Pan & Saltwork References. Y.
- --- SAB29388 Air-oblique Photograph: Sep 15 2000 . AAS/00/13/CT150. Colour Transparency. AAS/00/13/CT150.
- --- SAB29463 Ground Photograph: colour print. Colour Negative. colour print.
- --- SAB30027 Air-oblique Photograph: Jul 22 2008 . AAS/08/3/DG042-44. DG. AAS/08/3/DG042-44.
- --- SAB3496 Bibliographic reference: ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND. 2009. DISCOVERY & EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, VOL 9, 2008. Y. p.31.
- --- SAB37221 Ground Photograph: Feb 14 2003 . GR/03/CT59-68. Colour Transparency. GR/03/CT59-68.
- --- SAB4775 Bibliographic reference: SCOTIA ARCHAEOLOGY. 2008. CRAIG BRAES, MONTROSE BASIN:WATCHING BRIEF.
- --- SAB4802 Bibliographic reference: SCAPE. 03/2009. COASTAL ZONE ASSESSMENT SURVEY PART 2. p. 69.
Finds (1)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (3)
Record last edited
Aug 19 2025 10:44AM
