EHG6113 - Walkover and measured surveys - Tarradale Mains abandoned settlement (Tarradale Through Time Project)

Archaeological walkover and topographic surveys were carried out by NoSAS in 2018 at an abandoned mailers’ settlement near Tarradale Mains Farm. The settlement near Tarradale Mains Farm was the most recent historic site investigated by the wider Tarradale Through Time project examining landscape history of Tarradale from the earliest occupation 6000 years ago to the early 1800s. The main aim of the project was to survey and record the settlement remains on part of the area of the settlement shown on a 1788 estate map of Tarradale. The surveys had two aims: to survey and record the landscape immediately surrounding the abandoned settlement to enable an understanding of the agricultural methods undertaken by group of tenants and to record and characterise the building methods and materials used in the construction of the now-ruined buildings. The first phase of the work was vegetation clearance. This was done over a period of four days in February and early March 2018 to prevent disturbance of the breeding bird population. Individual buildings were surveyed by plane tabling. The site was flown by drone and several pole photos were taken to produce pictures using photogrammetry. <1>