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Viewed from the old drove/coach road, which is to the north of the site |
Blackridge/Standhill Archaeological Site
(East of Eastcraigs Hill)
Site 2: NS 909 681
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Maps 'Ogelface in ruins' Armstrong 1773 & Taylor and Skinner 1776 'E.Craig' Cooper imprint (1737) of Adair |
North of this site are East Craigs, Cantie Craigs, Cantie and R(h)oden - in that order.
See the Archaeology Index
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Viewed from the old drove/coach road, which is to the north of the site |
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Viewed from the southeast (compare with Woodend) |
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Spring - looking approximately southeast |
Summer - looking approximately southeast |
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Kite aerial photos of the site (October 2007) (Power Sled 36 kite / Fuji F30 continuous shooting mode) |
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^ Southeast approx. (Large enclosure ~18 metres across) |
^ West approx. Note that the remains of the stone 'shelter' may be at the centre of a square structure, lying along one of its diagonals |
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Rosie and John flying kite from large enclosure |
Western end of the site |
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As above but a lower altitude |
As above but looking from the southwest (June 2007) (35mm film SLR - wireless control) |
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Circular feature on large aerial photo - collapsed square structure? |
Northern edge of site (Western end) |
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Black dots show possible eastern entrance to the site from the raised trackway (See large aerial photo below) |
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Note in the large (Getmapping) aerial photo below, that the raised track into the site appears to be cut by rig and furrow cultivation.
Partial tracing from enlarged version of image below (and then reduced)
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One of the circular 'sheep enclosures' looking eastward towards
the 'Ogelface in ruins' site - the darker green mound
Walking down from the circle in previous photo towards the 'Ogelface in ruins' site
at the edge of which the photographer is located
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| The site | This site approached from the track leading south from the drove/coach road. Note its elevation above the surrounding land. The initial part of the track from the drove road is recent. |
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wall of the remains of the 'cattle shelter' located top centre (looking west) |
The northern edge of the site |
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| Looking east towards Armadale from the 'cattle shelter' | The remains of the 'cattle shelter' (~5 metres wide) |
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| Possible eastern entrance to site (See black dots in aerial photos above) | As above but
viewed in opposite direction looking out from site (north east).
This relatively firm ground leads to a break in the trees ~650 metres to the east. |
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| The old drove/coach road (Woodend - Bedlormie) - Looking east towards Woodend and Armadale | The raised ground immediately east-northeast of the site has an outcrop of stones which indicate the firm ground. Above the yellow marker can be seen the mast on the hillside at Cairnpapple. Jon Cooper, who took this photo, noticed that a large natural stone on the site forms an alignment with the above stones and Cairnpapple. |
Survey - 8th September 2007
A survey of this location was conducted on the 8th September 2007 by The Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society (EAFS)
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| Ground resistance measurements being taken | Peter Morris with his Bartington Gradiometer |
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| Davie Kerr of the HAA test flying the Power Sled 36 kite | The weather conditions were unsuitable for KAP |
Survey - 13th October 2007
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10th November update 2007 |
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| Ground resistance results (© EAFS) | ||||
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| Magnetometry data (© Peter Morris) |
An EAFS report was submitted to Historic Scotland in March 2008:
H.M.D. Jones, Geophysical Survey at Ogilface Castle and Stand Hill, Armadale, West Lothian. Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society, EAFS Geophysics Occasional Paper No19, March 2008
