EHG3052 - Desk-based assessment and walkover survey at Craigton, Strathbrora

Stuart Farrell was commissioned by UPM Tilhill in July 2009 to undertake an archaeological desktop and walkover survey for a block of proposed forestry at Craigton, Strathbrora. Fieldwork revealed a number of previously unrecorded archaeological sites including cairns, a sheepfold, buildings, a horizontal mill and memorials. Most of the sites relate to a former farming landscape of late 18th to early 19th-century date, but later cleared in the mid 19th century to make way for a large sheep farm. The numerous cairns are undated but may be prehistoric. A number of recommendations have been made. <1>