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Girvan, Hamilton Street

Culvert (Period Unassigned), Animal Remains, Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)

Site Name Girvan, Hamilton Street

Classification Culvert (Period Unassigned), Animal Remains, Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)

Canmore ID 274133

Site Number NX19NE 169

NGR NX 18663 98114

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Girvan
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

Activities

Archaeological Evaluation (22 September 2004 - 24 September 2004)

NX19NE 169 NX 18663 98114 (centre)

An archaeological evaluation was undertaken in September 2004 in advance of proposed residential development in the historic centre of Girvan fronting onto the old High Street. Five trenches were machine-excavated giving a sample of approximately 120m2. Preservation was best in the western part of the site outside the footprint of a recently demolished modern building. Here, a deposit of post-medieval garden soil was uncovered with a maximum depth of 0.5m. No trenches could be placed directly on the High Street frontage because of a steep slope created by modern landscaping. A trench on the Hamilton Street side did not uncover any features but showed the disturbance was not too great.

A subsequent watching brief in November 2004 recorded a pit lying beneath the modern landscaping in the NE corner of the site, containing animal bone, shellfish remains and late medieval pottery, together with a lime-bonded stone culvert further S. No other features of archaeological interest were noted.

Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.

Sponsor: Ayrshire Housing.

G Brown and C Fyles 2004

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