Melrose, Broomilees
Cremation Pit (Prehistoric), Ditch (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Linear Feature(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Melrose, Broomilees
Classification Cremation Pit (Prehistoric), Ditch (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Linear Feature(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 293781
Site Number NT53SW 234
NGR NT 530 341
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293781
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Melrose
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT53SW 234 530 341
NT 530 341 An archaeological field evaluation was undertaken during August 2006 on the site of a proposed industrial development at Broomilees, near Melrose. Inside the site a number of cropmarks were identified from oblique aerial photographs, suggesting a number of linear and curvilinear features. A total of seven trenches comprising 166m of linear trenching, 432m2 in area, equating to a 1.2% sample of the field, were excavated to further investigate these cropmarks. The absence of any archaeological features across the identified cropmarks suggested that these were related to variations in the natural geology. The truncated remains of a cremation pit containing prehistoric pottery was found to the N of the transcribed curvilinear cropmark, suggesting that the cropmark may represent the remains of a circular ditch, truncated by modern agriculture and no longer visible as a sub-surface feature. The cremation pit is likely to relate to this feature. A number of linear features were also recorded that are representative of cultivation and field improvement; these are not regarded as being of archaeological significance.
Report lodged with Borders SMR Archive and report to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Scottish Borders Council.
Sarah-Jane Haston, 2006.
Archaeological Evaluation (August 2006)
NT 530 341 An archaeological field evaluation was undertaken during August 2006 on the site of a proposed industrial development at Broomilees, near Melrose. Inside the site a number of cropmarks were identified from oblique aerial photographs, suggesting a number of linear and curvilinear features. A total of seven trenches comprising 166m of linear trenching, 432m2 in area, equating to a 1.2% sample of the field, were excavated to further investigate these cropmarks. The absence of any archaeological features across the identified cropmarks suggested that these were related to variations in the natural geology. The truncated remains of a cremation pit containing prehistoric pottery was found to the N of the transcribed curvilinear cropmark, suggesting that the cropmark may represent the remains of a circular ditch, truncated by modern agriculture and no longer visible as a sub-surface feature. The cremation pit is likely to relate to this feature. A number of linear features were also recorded that are representative of cultivation and field improvement; these are not regarded as being of archaeological significance.
Report lodged with Borders SMR Archive and report to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: Scottish Borders Council.
S-J Haston 2006