Document record MAB51065 - LESMURDIE

A pre-development evaluation , and subsequent watching brief and excavation, was carried out at this site in 2002 by CFA.

A pre-development evaluation , and subsequent watching brief and excavation, was carried out at this site in 2002 by CFA. In total, 12 trenches were excavated over two fields. In field 2, the northernmost field, no finds or features of archaeological significance were encountered. In field 3, to the South, two circular arrangements of post-holes were revealed along with a number of other pits and post-holes which were less easily related to one another. These features appear to date in the main to the Bronze Age and to the Medieval period. At least one, possibly three, Medieval ovens were found and in close proximity, Bronze Age pits and a Beaker. The Beaker did not appear to accompany an inhumation burial but may contain a cremation burial. Samples from the post-circle features gave radiocarbon dates of 7537-7190 BC and 6226 - 5986 BC, indicating that these date to the Mesolithic. Lithics recovered during the excavations and watching brief were concentrated on a sandy terrace. Many of these lithics were Neolithic but they included some of Mesolithic types including microliths, blades and blade cores and a few microburins.

Period Notes
Radiocarbon dates: From post-circle 1: Poz 5488 7190+/-50 (6210-5920 cal BC at 2 sigma (published) - 6211-5986 cal BC at 2 sigma using OxCal 4.2 on 26/4/13); Poz 5489 7260+/-50 (6230-6020 cal BC at 2 sigma (published) - 6226-6031 cal BC at 2 sigma using OxCal 4.2 on 26/4/13); ). From post-circle 2: Poz 5490 8350+/-50 (7550-7190 cal BC at 2 sigma (published) - 7537-7201 cal BC at 2 sigma using OxCal 4.2 on 26/4/13); ); Poz 5492 8320+/-50 (7530-7180 cal BC at 2 sigma (published) - 7519-7190 cal BC at 2 sigma using OxCal 4.2 on 26/4/13).

GRAMPIAN SOIL SURVEYS (ABERDEEN) LTD, 2001, DESK TOP STUDY AND EXPLORATORY INTRUSIVE INVESTIGATION, LINKSFIELD FARM, LESMURDIE ROAD, ELGIN, DBA (Bibliographic reference). SAB2635.

MUNRO CONSULTANTS, 2001, PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT LINKSFIELD, ELGIN, REPORT (Bibliographic reference). SAB2934.

TRANSPORT ASSESSME

Grampian Soil Surveys (Aberdeen) Ltd., 2001, Site Investigation Report, Linksfield Farm, REPORT (Bibliographic reference). SAB2580.

SOIL SURVEY

CFA, 2002, AREA R6, LESMURDIE RD, ELGIN: DBA, EVALUATION, EXCAVATION, WATCHING BRIEF & BUILDING SURVEY (Bibliographic reference). SAB3985.

MUDIE, G., 2002, AREA R6, LESMURDIE ROAD, ELGIN: PERD PROPOSAL (Bibliographic reference). SAB2935.

POST-EX

SUDDABY, I, 2002, CFA EVALUATION AT LESMURDIE ROAD, ELGIN, p.83-84 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3882.

SUDDABY, I, 2007, DOWNSIZING IN THE MESOLITHIC? THE DISCOVERY OF TWO ASSOCIATED POST-CIRCLES AT SILVERCREST, LESMURDIE ROAD, ELGIN. (Bibliographic reference). SAB1723.

SUDDABY, I, 2011, EXCAVATION OF MESOLITHIC POST-CIRCLES, NEOLITHIC PITS & BRONZE AGE FUNERARY REMAINS, SILVERCREST, LESMURDIE ROAD, ELGIN 2002 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1706.

Apr 1 2002 , AAS/GR/02/CT07-11, AAS/GR/02/CT07-11 (Ground Photograph). SAB33168.

Author unknown, n.d., THE NORTHERN SCOT, 05/04/02 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1270.

Author unknown, n.d., THE NORTHERN SCOT, 22/03/02 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1270.

Author unknown, n.d., THE NORTHERN SCOT, 29/03/02 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1270.

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