Author Archives: Kevin
Borders Railway Project
CFA Archaeology Ltd were chosen by ERM Ltd to provide consultancy services to support the application for Royal Assent of the Waverly Railway Bill. This included detailed a walk-over survey of the route, input in to the Environmental Management System … Read More »
Holyrood North Archaeological Excavations
CFA have recently finished extensive excavations at the site of new university student accommodation just off Holyrood Road in Edinburgh. CFA have been working closely with the contractors Balfour Beatty since May 2013 to ensure important archaeological remains were fully … Read More »
The Commonwealth Games Athletes Village
The Commonwealth Games Athletes Village, Dalmarnock, Glasgow CFA were retained by City Legacy Ltd to undertake the construction phase archaeological works for the £400 million Commonwealth Games Athletes Village contract. This involved around 6 months of open area excavation which … Read More »
Moulin Dane Stone
Pitfourie Standing Stone, known as The Dane’s Stone or Dane Stone, is a standing stone of late Neolithic or Bronze Age date located in a field to the north of Moulin, Pitlochry. During February 2014 local residents reported to Historic … Read More »
Glencorse Water Treatment Works
Glencorse Mains, Penicuik – Archaeological Evaluation CFA were retained by ERM on behalf of Scottish Water to provide the Cultural Heritage Chapter for the Edinburgh Drinking Water Project. This is Scottish Water’s largest single investment project with a value of over … Read More »
GWest International Resort in Perthshire
CFA designed and undertook the archaeological mitigation in advance of the development of the 120 hectare GWest International Resort in Perthshire. An initial trial trenching evaluation was undertaken this required the excavation of 600 trial trenches with a total area … Read More »
Force to Fabric Highly Commended Award (August 2013)
CFA is pleased to announce that on 11 August 2013 we received a ‘highly commended’ award from the Association of Industrial Archaeologists (AIA) for our publication ‘Force to Fabric’. Dr Mike Cressey accepted the award from Professor Marylyn Palmer at … Read More »
Trevemper Solar Farm, Crantock, Cornwall
An archaeological watching brief was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd in July and August of 2011 during groundbreaking works associated with the construction of a solar farm at Trevemper, near Crantock, Cornwall. Construction was monitored to ensure that significant archaeological … Read More »
Lochailort Metal-detecting survey
In 2011 CFA were commissioned by Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd to undertake a metal detector survey of land to the east of the Inn at Lochailort (NM 767 817). The area was previously used as a military training camp during … Read More »
Riddle’s Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh
Architectural and historical building survey In September 2013 CFA completed a comprehensive building survey on behalf of the Scottish Historical Buildings Trust (SHBT) as a preliminary stage of works prior to the refurbishment of Riddle’s Court off the Lawnmarket, High … Read More »
