Document record MAB62993 - NETHER ASHENTILLY

A detailed survey and evaluation were carried out at this site, which consisted of a small farmstead, with a stone-built building with an internal partition wall, associated L-shaped walled yard, a clearance cairn, a boundary wall and a bank.

A detailed survey and evaluation were carried out at this site, which consisted of a small farmstead, with a stone-built building with an internal partition wall, associated L-shaped walled yard, a clearance cairn, a boundary wall and a bank. Sections were excavated by hand across the building and across part of the wall of the possible yard. These structures were found to still exist as upstanding remains, although there were no internal deposits surviving due to root disturbance. Full excavation was carried out and a complete plan of the structure and yard was produced, while sections across the walls of the features demonstrated its construction as a double skin of coursing with a rubble core. No finds were recovered from this building so its date and function are difficult to determine, but it is liekly to be a small farmstead associated with pre-Improvement agriculture. A watching brief was maintained throughout the topsoiling operations between April and August 2004, recording features such as pits and ditches, many of which were found in isolation. The farmstead is not depicted on the 1st or 2nd edition OS maps.

GLENDINNING, B, 2003, Aberdeen-Lochside Pipeline Watching Brief (Bibliographic reference). SAB2597.

CFA, 2004, ABERDEEN-LOCHSIDE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE: EVALUATIONS (Bibliographic reference). SAB5237.

CFA, 2004, ABERDEEN-LOCHSIDE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE: SUMMARY ACCOUNT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK (Bibliographic reference). SAB5239.

CFA, 2004, ABERDEEN-LOCHSIDE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE: WSI ANNEXES 1 & 2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5240.

JOHNSON, M, 2005, DES VOL5, 2004, p.14 (Bibliographic reference). SAB920.

survey, excavation

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Jun 6 2011 1:52PM