Document record MAB63033 - BROOMHILL

Site of a farmstead depicted on the OS 1st edition map as a rectangular cottage with attached garden and a U-shaped steading open to the south.

Site of a farmstead depicted on the OS 1st edition map as a rectangular cottage with attached garden and a U-shaped steading open to the south. It was subsequently removed and no buildings are shown on the OS 2nd edition map, by which time the name Broomhills has been transferred to the farm to the east. The farmstead does not appear on Roy's military Map and probably dates from the agricultural improvements of the early 19th century. Trial trenching was carried out by CFA in 2013 ahead of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. A single archaeological feature was identified, a rough stone area or surface comprising roughly laid stones. No surface evidence of the farmstead survives. Further excavation by CFA in April to June 2014 recorded further features relating to the farmstead, including stone surfaces, a trackway, soakaways, drainage and pits.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2014, ABERDEEN WESTERN PERIPHERAL ROUTE/BALMEDIE-TIPPERTY LOT 4 - FASTLINK; INVASIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS, Evaluation report (Bibliographic reference). SAB6623.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2015, AWPR/BALMEDIE-TIPPERTY LOT 4 - FASTLINK INVASIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS - MITIGATION EXCAVATION AWPR/FL/003B, Excavation report (Bibliographic reference). SAB7110.

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