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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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Airdrie to Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements

CFA Archaeology Ltd was chosen by Network Rail to undertake advance works on the £300 million Airdrie to Bathgate Railway project. The advance works included the evaluation of a number of locations for new car parks and stations, and historic … Read More »

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Blairgowrie Tennis Club

New Tennis Club, John Johnston Coupar Recreation Park, Blairgowrie Archaeological Evaluation CFA Archaeology Ltd carried out an archaeological evaluation by way of trial trenching at the proposed development site. In total 4 trenches amounting to 202m2 were excavated which accounted … Read More »

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St Mary’s School, Melrose, Scottish Borders

Watching brief A watching brief was carried out during ground-works for a new classroom block at St Mary’s School, Melrose.  The school, the earliest part of which is Category B Listed, lies within the scheduled area associated with Melrose Abbey. … Read More »

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