EHG3537 - Watching brief - Passing Places M, N, O, Knocknagael

A watching brief was conducted during the excavation of three passing places: Passing place M had also been disturbed by a previous electrical cable trench cut and redeposited mixed material. This was not excavated to full depth and no features of archaeological significance were recorded. Passing place N also contained an electrical cable trench and backfilled redeposited soil. This was not excavated to full depth and no features of archaeological significance were recorded. Directly adjacent to this site, on the SSW side of the road behind a post and wire fence, a line of boulders was identified and recorded. The boulders ran along the line of the road for approximately 25m. These were not excavated. They are apprently the remains of a former boundary – perhaps the footings for a turf dyke. Passing place O had also been disturbed by a previous electrical cable trench cut and redeposited mixed material. This was not excavated to full depth and no features of archaeological significance were recorded. <1>