Glasgow, Buchanan Street Station, Approach Tunnel, Air Shaft
Chemical Works (19th Century)-(20th Century), Country House (Period Unassigned), Farm (19th Century), Shaft (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Buchanan Street Station, Approach Tunnel, Air Shaft
Classification Chemical Works (19th Century)-(20th Century), Country House (Period Unassigned), Farm (19th Century), Shaft (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Buchanan Street Tunnel; Buchanan Street Station Tunnel; Broomhall
Canmore ID 278681
Site Number NS56NE 2931.01
NGR NS 59684 66447
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/278681
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Excavation (29 June 2016 - 1 September 2016)
NS 59681 66446 An evaluation and excavation were undertaken, 29 June – 1 September 2016, as part of remediation work at Sighthill. The evaluation established that the foundations and some floor levels had survived the demolition of the buildings and the later landscaping of Sighthill Park.
The subsequent excavations revealed the full extent of the late 19th-century Broomhill Farm, which had been constructed on the foundations of the earlier 18th-century steading. Four phases of site use were seen and charted the development from a single longhouse and outbuilding in the 18th century to a large collection of barns, sheds and a possible stable in the late 19th century. The excavation also revealed the internal floor plan of a mansion house and established the scale of construction work, during which a large area of the slope was removed and used to level one side of the house.
The construction method employed as well as the use of slate flagstones in the foundations and the presence of expensive tiles from Stoke-on-Trent are all indicators of the capital expended on the house and late 19th-century farm.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Glasgow City Council
Kevin Paton and Lindsay Dunbar – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
Excavation (1 September 2016 - 12 September 2017)
NS 59681 66446 A series of watching briefs and excavations were undertaken, 1 September 2016 – 12 September 2017, as part of remediation work at Sighthill. The work established that the vast majority of the remediation areas had been heavily truncated by modern residential developments, as well as the late 19th- and early 20th-century chemical works and other industrial constructions in the area.
One of the earliest industrial structures on site, the original chemical works, was shown to survive under 4m of made ground at the edge of Pinkston Drive. The remaining foundations, floors and walls of the structure were excavated and recorded prior to their removal.
A building that may be related to the 19th-century Broomhill Cottage was also revealed during the watching brief at the S edge of the development area. This building survived as four partially fragmented walls, a sandstone pillar and part of an internal wooden floor and external cobbled surface.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Glasgow City Council
Lindsay Dunbar and Kevin Paton – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES, Volume 18)