"Ogelface in Ruins - Blackridge Site Photos"

West Lothian Archaeology Group

Blackridge/Standhill Archaeological Site

(East of Eastcraigs Hill)

Site 2: NS 909 681

Updated 28 January 2010

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'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.

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Viewed from the old drove/coach road, which is to the north of the site

On the right, viewed from the southeast (compare with Woodend)


Spring - looking approximately southeast	Summer - looking approximately southeast

Kite aerial photos of the site (October 2007) (Power Sled 36 kite / Fuji F30 continuous shooting mode)

^ 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

Rosie and John flying kite from large enclosure	Western end of the site

As above but a lower altitude	As above but looking from the southwest (June 2007) See image by Jim Knowles below 28 January 2010 (35mm film SLR - wireless control)

Circular feature on large aerial photo - collapsed square structure?	Northern edge of site (Western end)

Black dots show possible eastern entrance to the site from the raised trackway (See large aerial photo below)

Note in the large (Getmapping) aerial photo below, that the raised track into the site from the north-east (turning east) appears to be cut by rig and furrow cultivation.

The track from the Drove Road to the north is modern.

Partial tracing from enlarged version of image below (and then reduced)

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

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.

Alignment with the southern wall of the remains of the 'cattle shelter' located top centre (looking west)	The northern edge of the site

Looking east towards Armadale from the 'cattle shelter'	The remains of the 'cattle shelter' (~5 metres wide)

Possible eastern entrance to site (See black dots in aerial photos above) marked by stones.	As left, 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.

The old drove/coach road (Woodend - Bedlormie) - Looking east towards Woodend and Armadale 1293: Archibald, Master of Torphichen had granted Newbattle monks the right to cross his lands on their way to their estate at Kipps, [west of Ogilface], (Monklands, which had been granted to them around 1162). As a result they built a road across the land, connecting their possessions at Newbattle to their estate at Kipps. This road crossed through the Ogilface lands via Colinshiel, Barbauchlaw, Woodend, Tannoch, along the top of Craig Hill, and past Bedlormie, before continuing onwards to Kipps (the area north of Coatbridge and Airdrie).	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 (Lenzie-Torphichen Dyke alignment).

Survey - 8 September 2007 A survey of this location was conducted on the 8th September 2007 by The Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society (EAFS)

Marking out the survey grid

Ground resistance measurements being taken	Peter Morris with his Bartington Gradiometer

Davie Kerr of the HAA test flying the Power Sled 36 kite	The weather conditions were unsuitable for KAP