Author Archives: Kevin
Glen Lyon Hydro Grid Connection Cable, Perthshire
A series of archaeological mitigation works were undertaken in advance of, and during, construction work for a hydro scheme grid connection cable in Glen Lyon, Perthshire, between 2009 and 2010. The cable was to be inserted along the floor of … Read More »
Tullos Hill Community Excavation
An archaeological excavation on Tullos Hill, Aberdeen was carried out using local volunteers on two sites recorded during a survey in 2004. A cairn with a suspected robber pit in the centre, close to the Scheduled Cat Cairn, was revealed … Read More »
Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street
The Grade A Listed Assembly Rooms were designed and constructed between 1783 and 1787. The building had undergone several major alterations in the past including large-scale alterations made during the early 19th and early 20th centuries. Recent refurbishment works removed … Read More »
A75 Cairntop to Barlae Dual Carriageway
CFA conducted a scheme of works in order to inform and mitigate the effects of the proposed upgrading of the A75 trunk road from Cairntop to Barlae. The program of works included an archaeological evaluation which excavated 4951m2 of the … Read More »
Musselburgh Primary Health Care Centre
In 2010 CFA Archaeology Ltd was contracted by Dawn Construction Ltd to carry out a programme of archaeological excavations required in advance of the construction of the £20 million Primary Care Centre in Musselburgh, East Lothian. The site was known … Read More »
Sand-le-Mere, East Yorkshire
Archaeological Evaluation An archaeological evaluation was undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd during May and September of 2011 during groundworks ahead of the planned extension of Sand-le-Mere Caravan Park. The development area lay within a wetland landscape exploited during later prehistoric, … Read More »
Northern Transmission Reinforcement, High Pressure Natural Gas Pipeline
Burnhervie to Old Rayne Near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire CFA were commissioned by Scottish Gas Networks to undertake construction phase archaeological works during the building of a high pressure natural gas pipeline running from Burnhervie to Old Rayne in Aberdeen. The works … Read More »
Teampull Na Trianaid (Trinity Church), North Uist
Teampull Na Trionaid (Trinity Church) is a medieval monastery and college founded and built during the 14th century and reconstructed in the 16th century. The church stands within an oval enclosure at Carinish. The church’s origins are uncertain but it … Read More »
Jhone Angus – Design & Typesetting
Jhone Angus – Monk of Dunfermline & Scottish Reformation Music ISBN978-0-9557244-2-8 Published by Dunfermline Heritage Community Projects (DHCP). Designed and typeset by Kevin Hicks at CFA. Production Management by Lawrie Law. Manufactured by Gutenberg Press In celebration of the 450th … Read More »
Cruggleton – Geophysical Survey
A geophysical survey was undertaken to attempt to provide an archaeological context to finds recovered from fieldwalking. Gradiometer survey was conducted over the recently seeded arable field, covering an area of approximately 12ha. The survey data are dominated by responses … Read More »
