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SHG25488 - Knocknagael Substation - Intrastructure Works (Towers and Temporary Haul Roads)

Type	Collection/Project Archive
Title	Knocknagael Substation - Intrastructure Works (Towers and Temporary Haul Roads)
Author/Originator	Highland Archaeology Services Ltd
Date/Year	2010
Organisation	Highland Archaeology Services Ltd

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-. Knocknagael substation site progress photo to date. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45446 (click to view a larger version of this image)

TP 3. TP3: turf/topsoil overlying pale orange-brown gravelly subsoil with underlying schist bedrock. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45445 (click to view a larger version of this image)

TP 3. TP3 site location prior to digging. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45444 (click to view a larger version of this image)

TP 2. TP2: turf overlying pale orange-brown gravelly sand subsoil. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45443 (click to view a larger version of this image)

TP 2. TP2 site location prior to digging. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45442 (click to view a larger version of this image)

TP 1. TP1: turf/topsoil overlying orange-brown sandy gravel subsoil. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45441 (click to view a larger version of this image)

TP 1. Test Pit 1 (TP1) site location prior to digging. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45440 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower Junction 2. Overlooking junction towards house ruins in distance. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45439 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower Junction 2. Completion of clearance. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45438 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower Junction 2. Drystone wall profile clearly shows the drystone wall face cut into subsoil and earthen mound built up over subsoil. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45437 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower Junction 2. Drystone wall profile, ditch cut visible to right; turf/earth mound fill on inside of wall and drystone face to outside (roadside). © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45436 (click to view a larger version of this image)

NH 6550 3838. Earlier ruined building foundations adjacent to above, probably part of 'Big Burn'. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45435 (click to view a larger version of this image)

NH 6550 3838. E gable end of ruined house. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45434 (click to view a larger version of this image)

NH 6550 3838. Ruined house nearby to Tower Junction 2, probably considered part of 'Big Burn' township. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45433 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower Junction 2. Start of clearance, dismantling of drystone wall. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45432 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower Junction 1. Completion of clearance. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45431 (click to view a larger version of this image)

-. Tower junction road construction in progress, after turf and topsoil clearance. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45430 (click to view a larger version of this image)

-. Tower junction road construction in progress, after turf and topsoil clearance. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45429 (click to view a larger version of this image)

-. Tower junction road construction in progress, showing turf-stripping and partial topsoil clearing. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45428 (click to view a larger version of this image)

-. Tallest conifer, marking one end of the pond at NH 6538 3877. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45425 (click to view a larger version of this image)

-. Disused pond belonging to former landowners enclosed by turf embankment and marked by three conifers. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45424 (click to view a larger version of this image)

End of haul road 1. Stony soil below the turf; haul road construction not required to further depth. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45422 (click to view a larger version of this image)

End of haul road 1. Showing the very thin layer of turf directly overlying natural stone deposits. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45421 (click to view a larger version of this image)

-. Start of tower junction access road, showing turf stripping only for road construction. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45420 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 402AR. Post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45419 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 3. Post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45418 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 3. Stone boundary marker. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45417 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 3. Post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45416 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 3. Topsoil stripping. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45415 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 3. Topsoil stripping. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45414 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 3. Opening trench. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45413 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 402R. Trench 9 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45412 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 402R. Trench 9 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45411 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 404R. Trench 8 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45410 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 404R. Trench 6 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45409 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 404R. Trench 5 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45408 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 403AR. General shot of the 4 trenches for the pylon legs. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45407 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 403AR. Trench 4 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45406 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 403AR. Trench 3 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45405 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 403AR. Trench 2 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45404 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Tower 403AR. Trench 1 post-excavation. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45403 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. Change to smaller stones beneath topsoil. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45402 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. Particularly stony area beneath topsoil. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45401 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. General shot. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45400 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. General shot. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45399 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. Looking back to start of road. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45398 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. Topsoil stripping. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45397 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. Looking back towards start of road. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45396 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 2. Beginning of the road. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45395 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Fence sitting on top of old stone dyke. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45394 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Piles of stones extending to the fence along the side of a wet area. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45393 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Stones extend to, and under, the gorse; several discrete piles. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45392 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Possible field clearance. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45391 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. End of road to date. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45390 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. End of road to date. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45389 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. End of road to date. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45388 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Road heading towards the fence and sub-station field beyond. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45387 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Road curving back towards the bridge. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45386 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Continuing road beyond the bridges. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45385 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Intersection. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45384 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Extension of road to forma turning area at pylon. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45383 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Looking down to the streams. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45382 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Road down to 2nd bridge. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45381 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Second low mound of loose stones. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45380 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Mounds of loose stone-possible field clearance. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45379 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. looking back to the end of the road and start of return. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45378 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. End of 1st leg of road and return. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45377 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Haul road 1. Shows shallow depth of trench and stony matrix. © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 45376 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 157 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 156 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 155 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 154 (click to view a larger version of this image)

© Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 153 (click to view a larger version of this image)

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Referenced Events (9)

Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (Haul Road 1) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (Haul Road 2) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (Haul Road 3) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (test pits) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (Tower 402AR) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (Tower 402R) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (Tower 403AR) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (Tower 404R) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)
Watching brief, Knocknagael substation (tower junctions) (Ref: HAS‐KGL10)

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