WEST of SCOTLAND
ARCHAEOLOGYSERVICE
Annual Report of the West of Scotland Archaeology Service
2006/07
SummaryThis annual report covers the period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007.
New Casework 2006/07
Council Area
Total New Casework
Items
Argyll & Bute
533
East Ayrshire
158
East Renfrewshire
114
Glasgow
205
Inverclyde
67
North Ayrshire
156
North Lanarkshire
133
Renfrewshire
124
South Ayrshire
155
South Lanarkshire
275
West Dunbartonshire
94
West Lothian138
National Park Authority
61
General/More than
12
1Council
Total

2225

Weekly
lists
45
50
52
49
50
53
52
49
48
51
47
54
39

Planning
Applications
387
91
49
118
10
77
55
64
80
158
32
69
19

Other

639

1209

377

101
17
13
38
7
26
26
11
27
66
15
15
3
12

During the report period the West of Scotland Archaeology Service dealt with 2225 new
casework items (this compares with 2237 in the previous year) and carried out work on afurther 351 casework items registered in previous years. Work was therefore carried out on a
total of 2576 separate casework items over the year (2518 in the previous year). 639 of the
new work items were weekly lists of planning applications received from the 12 Councils andthe Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority, which were monitored in order to
identify planning applications raising archaeological issues.
Altogether 1209 planning applications were identified as potentially requiring archaeologicaladvice across the area covered by the Archaeology Service, an increase of 9.01% on theprevious year when only 1109 applications were so identified. This increase is in line with theoverall increase in planning applications being received by the member Councils. Since the

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

1Archaeology Service was formally established in 1997, the workload arising from identifying
and commenting on planning applications has risen from 317 applications in 1997-98 to 1209
in 2006-07. In the report period 338 of the identified 1209 applications raised archaeologicalissues which required advice from the Service.
Summary Table of Planning Applications 2003-2007

Argyll & Bute
East Ayrshire
East Renfrewshire
Glasgow
Inverclyde
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Renfrewshire
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire
West LothianNational Park
Total

Nos. Identified for Comment
03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07
280
345
346
387
85
82
106
91
42
24
33
49
37
39
56
118
12
6
12
10
60
81
63
77
45
30
69
55
41
56
43
64
59
29
64
80
133
146
170
158
48
52
50
32
-74
77
69
5
17
20
19
847
980
1109
1209

Nos. Raising Archaeological Issues
03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07
92
87
82
88
25
27
22
23
13
11
4
6
20
21
13
26
5
1
5
6
24
35
21
32
15
18
17
24
11
22
13
20
15
11
21
28
48
70
60
52
10
13
18
10
-23
20
18
1
8
6
5
279
347
302
338

In addition to the weekly lists and planning applications a further 377 items of new work were
processed by the Service in 2006/07 (see table below - figures for previous year in brackets).
Pre-planning application enquiries
Development Plan consultations
Permitted development enquiries
Agri-Environment Scheme audits and other matters
Woodland Grant Scheme advice
Forest Design Plans
Other Archaeological Consultations (includes notification of new site information)
Sites and Monuments Record information management matters
Systems development and support matters
General or SMR enquiries
Policy liaison matters
Other (includes items sent in error)
Total

156 (117)
10 (14)73 (64)18 (153)
4 (1)
6 (6)
22 (34)84 (62)0 (0)2 (16)0 (2)1 (0)377 (469)

The total number of separate casework items processed by the Service in 2006/07 at 2576
(2225 new casework items plus 351 old casework items) is a small increase (2.3%) in overall
caseload when compared with the previous year. As there was a dramatic decrease in requests
for Rural Stewardship Scheme audits in 2006-07, 18 compared with 153 the previous year
(see section 17 below), the maintenance of the workload level (with a small increase) is down

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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to a compensatory rise in numbers of planning applications received by the Service. The total
number of planning applications, which were identified as raising archaeological issues (338compared to 302 the previous year), confirms the impression mentioned in last year’s reportthat the Archaeology Service has reached the ceiling of the planning application caseload,
which it can reasonably be expected to process in any given year. The Service is now
routinely not picking up minor archaeological issues raised by planning applications, as to doso would increase the caseload beyond manageable capacity with the Service’s current
staffing levels.
In the report period 32 new site records were added to the Sites and Monuments Record
database, 157 existing site records were amended, 65 archaeological events records wereadded, and 232 archive records were created (index to reports received by the Service in paperand digital formats).
There were 89 recorded archaeological events (excavations, surveys, watching briefs, desk
based assessments etc) during the report period, 59 of them developer funded. The remainderof events was largely surveys conducted by amateur archaeological groups which werereported to the Sites and Monuments Record.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Running the Service

1.1

The Service's Steering Group met once throughout the year to consider various mattersin connection with the running of the Service prior to the Service’s Joint Committee
meeting in October 2006. It was not felt necessary to hold a second meeting in
February 2007, as there were no relevant items connected with the running of theService.

1.2

North Lanarkshire Council served notice at the end of the report period of its intention
to withdraw as a member Council of the Service from 1 April 2009.

1.3

The anticipated surplus balance in the Service's reserve account was achieved at year
end (see Appendix 2) and transferred to the Service’s reserve account. The backinterest owed to the Service for the previous two years was also paid into the reserve
account, along with the interest due on the reserve account for the report period. Since
the year end account was completed, a repayment of salary deductions in error during
2006-07 has been added to the accumulated surplus in reserve, amounting to the sumof £2191.64, giving an actual total reserve figure of £126,475. A decrease in Service
income from fees for agri-environment advice was offset by income from the
management of the M74 Completion archaeology contracts (see section 1.4 below)
and by the non-filling of a temporary post (see section 17 below). The previous
intention of the Joint Committee to bring the Service’s annual income and expenditure
into balance by 2009-10, with the surplus being gradually reduced by continuing to fill
the Service’s fifth post to assist with increased workload, will require to be reviewed
in the light of North Lanarkshire Council’s service of notice of withdrawal.

1.4

The Joint Committee had agreed that the Archaeology Service could provide
chargeable management advice in connection with the M74 Completion archaeology
contracts (within the areas of Glasgow and South Lanarkshire Councils), provided
there was no detriment to the planning-related service to member Councils (see section
18 below). Two temporary members of staff (Dave Hodgson, full-time archaeologist,
and Pat Harvie, part-time administrative assistant) were recruited during the reportperiod to provide cover for the Service’s normal workload, whilst permanent staff
members provide management advice for the M74 Completion Phase 1 and 2
Archaeology Contracts and accompanying Public Archaeology Programme. The costsof these posts are fully covered by the income generated to the Service from the M74
Completion project.

1.5

Other income to the service in the report period was derived from the Loch Lomondand Trossachs National Park Authority (£8,977.84 - see section 15 below), Historic
Scotland (for agri-environment Sites and Monuments Record support (£4,214 – seesection 17 below), and from fees and charges for archaeological advice to otherbodies. Total income from non-member Council sources for the report period was£71,479.

1.6

During the summer of 2006 a placement student from Orkney College undertook work
experience at the Service for an 8 week period.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

42Sites and Monuments Record Maintenance and Development

2.1

During the report period a new server was installed for the running of the Service’s IT
systems. The previous server was 7 years old and was experiencing memory capacity
problems. The cost of the server was met within the approved budget for the year.

2.2

Work on the maintenance and development of the Sites and Monuments Record wascontinued during the report period, but less new site records were added or existing
records changed. This was due to the changeover in the Sites and Monuments Record
officer post (new incumbent from May 2007); to priority being given to changing theserver; to fewer students seeking work experience during the report period; and topriority being given to redevelopment of the Service’s web site, which was launchedin its new version after the start of year 2007-08 (http://www.wosas.net or
http://www.wosas.org.uk - see 2.3 below). In the report period 32 new site records
were added to the Sites and Monuments Record database, 157 existing site records
were amended, 65 archaeological events records were added, and 232 archive records
were created (index to reports received by the Service in paper and digital format).

2.3

The Service’s web site was redesigned during the report period and launched after theperiod ended. The most significant addition to the web site is a news feature which is
updated regularly.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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3.1

3.2

3.3

Advice to Argyll & Bute Council
Development Plan Advice
A request was made by the Council for assistance in respect of a proposed extensionof an identified draft Local Plan Rural Opportunity Area at Eurach near Kilmartin. The
landowner wished to extend the Rural Opportunities Area at Eurach close to aprehistoric cup marked rock. The Service confirmed that there was no issue in respectof potential impacts on the setting of the cup marked rock. Although there werepotential direct archaeological issues in the field which was proposed for theextension, these could be handled by appropriate archaeological conditions attached toany planning consent granted for development.
Development Control Advice
Over the report period 45 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 387 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 46 planningapplications submitted in previous years. Argyll & Bute Council remained the largest
Council user of the development control advice service over the report period.
The 387 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

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17
33
19
-8
3
7
288
11

Altogether 88 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
3.4

A recommendations of refusal on archaeological grounds was made in respect of oneplanning application – the proposed rehabilitation of a derelict ruined building to forma private bothy, at the site of the former Glennan House at Ford. The ruined house wasan unusual and important 18th century tacksman or laird’s house. The ruin formed partof a larger Scheduled Ancient Monument and the Service recommended refusal interms of the Council’s extant development plan policies protecting archaeologicalresources. The application was subsequently granted following grant by the Scottish
Ministers of Scheduled Monument Consent for the proposal, and archaeologicalrecording took place during development works.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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3.5

There were no major set piece archaeological excavations in Argyll originating
through developer funding during the report period, although there were excavations
by the National Trust for Scotland at Crarae Gardens and by Kilmartin House Museumat Barnluasgan Dun (Iron Age site), both supervised by professional archaeologicalstaff but using volunteer labour. The results of both excavations were reported to, andintegrated into, the Sites and Monuments Record.

3.6

Archaeological evaluation by trial trenching and/or standing building survey recording
took place at Braigh Cottage, Mull, at Drimfern, Inveraray, and at Tigh Iseabeal on thesite of the new heritage centre on Lismore. Braigh Cottage is a B listed building,which is part of the former joint tenancy township of Knocknafenaig, and was
proposed for redevelopment as a dwellinghouse. The archaeological evaluation andsurvey established that the cottage was probably first built in the late 18th century, wasabandoned and roofless by 1881, but was re-occupied (probably by 1891) and re-built
in the early 20th century. A detailed survey record was made of the ruins of the otherbuildings in the township. A detailed map search indicated that most of the townshiphad been abandoned before the late nineteenth century. At Drimfern, Inveraray, andTigh Iseabeal, archaeological work confirmed the nineteenth century date of thearchaeological remains in each case.
Other Advice within the Council's Area

3.7

During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 101 other items of casework. 37 of these were pre-applicationenquiries from developers, agents, or the Council’s own staff. 6 were Sites andMonuments record information management work, usually provision of newarchaeological information by members of the public or academic and researcharchaeologists working in Argyll and Bute. 11 were queries in respect of permitted
developments or statutory undertakings which do not form part of the Planning
Service Level Agreement for the member Councils, and for which the Service levies aseparate charge to the enquirer for the time taken to provide assistance.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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4.1

4.2

4.3

Advice to East Ayrshire Council
Development Plan Advice
During the report period the Service was consulted on an alteration to the East
Ayrshire Local Plan. The alteration documents were checked online and no comments
were offered as the Plan’s archaeological policies were not being proposed foralteration. Substantial staff assistance was provided to the Ayrshire Joint Structure
Plan team in respect of compilation of a database of gardens and designed landscapesfor Ayrshire, which would also be compatible with the Sites and Monuments Record.
A contribution of £500 was also made towards the cost of the project, being the sum ofmoney received in the previous year as a donation to the Service from the Ayrshire
Archaeological and Natural History Society, expressly for the purposes of a Sites andMonuments Record project in Ayrshire.
Development Control Advice
Over the report period 50 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 91 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 18 planningapplications submitted in previous years.
The 91 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:

Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

-9
7
2
2
2
1
-50
18

Altogether 23 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
4.4

Towards the end of the report period archaeological investigation work became active
again at the site of the extension to the quarry at Laigh Newton near Loudoun Hill.
Planning consent for the quarry extension had been granted in 2002, subject to anarchaeological condition and prior topsoil strip monitoring and archaeologicalexcavation has been proceeding in phases. The latest phase of monitoring andexcavation uncovered Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement at the top of the hill,
including one circular and one long building. Further down the slope the remains of amoated farm or homestead dated to the medieval period was uncovered. Pottery sherds
The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement is important, the find of the medieval farm iseven more significant in archaeological terms, as most excavated sites from this period
have been high status lordly residences, whereas this farm appears to be lower instatus. The excavation and full reporting of this site will form an important addition toknowledge of the medieval period in both Ayrshire and Scotland. During the
excavation a Continuing Professional Development site visit to the excavation was
hosted for the Council’s planners by the Archaeology Service and the site’s excavators(GUARD). More information on the excavation can be found within the news sectionof the Service’s web site at http://www.wosas.net

4.5

Other Advice within the Council's Area
During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 17 other items of casework, including 5 pre-application enquiries.
There was 1 request for a Rural Stewardship Scheme audit within the Council’s area.
The Mauchline Burgh Survey was published by Historic Scotland at the beginning of
2007.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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5.1

5.2

5.3

Advice to East Renfrewshire Council
Development Plan Advice
East Renfrewshire Replacement Local Plan Consultation Document and Strategic
Environmental Assessment Draft Environmental report were received for comment.
As the Replacement Plan contains appropriate archaeological policies as set out in
NPPG 5, the Service did not offer any comments at the consultation stage.
Development Control Advice
Over the report period 52 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 49 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 12 planningapplications submitted in previous years.
The 49 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received-23
1----42
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Altogether 6 of the identified planning applications required some form of response to
mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
5.4

5.5

There were no major set piece excavations within the Council’s area during the reportperiod. An archaeological watching brief was undertaken on the excavation of four
test pits in the area to the south of Kirkland Bridge, as part of ground investigation
works associated with the White Cart Water flood defence scheme. No archaeologicalmaterial was observed in any of the test pits. The Service continued to provide a rangeof archaeological advice in relation to the development of the White Cart Flood
Prevention Scheme both within the Council’s area and neighbouring Council areas.
Other Advice within the Council's Area
During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 13 other items of casework, including 6 pre-application enquiries. 4reports of survey were received for the Sites and Monuments Record from ACFA
(Association of Certificated Field Archaeologists). Substantial advice was provided to
the Council’s Dams to Darnley Country Park Project. The Service continued to

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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provide advice to the Archaeological Research Framework Joint Project being run by
the Museums division of the Council’s Culture and Leisure Service’s Department,
now Culture and Sport Glasgow, along with the seven other Council Museum Services
in the Clyde Valley area, including the provision of speakers for two workshops tolook at the scope of the framework.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to Glasgow City Council

6.1

Development Plan Advice
Comments were provided to the Council on the archaeological policies in draft City
Plan 2.

6.2

6.3

Development Control Advice
Over the report period 49 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 118 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 11 planningapplications submitted in previous years.
The 118 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

-7
11
5
1
-1
1
85
7

Altogether 26 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
6.4

Extensive discussions took place with Tesco Ltd and their agents about thesafeguarding and/or recording of possible archaeological remains on the site of their
proposed store development in Partick. This is the site of Partick Castle, a medieval
castle belonging to the Bishops of Glasgow, but potentially also the site of an earlier(Dark Age) royal centre associated with the known early church at Govan just acrossthe river. Although later uses of the site will have compromised any archaeologicalremains which may survive, this is potentially a highly significant archaeological site,
because of its possible Dark Age connections with the early British (Welsh speaking)kingdom of Strathclyde which disappeared from history by incorporation in the
kingdom of Scotland in about 1000AD.

6.5

Following a report from a member of the public of the presence of unrecorded
archaeological remains uncovered by construction activities within a housingdevelopment taking place at Gartloch Road, Garthamlock, the Service worked with
Persimmon Partnerships Ltd to secure the investigation and recording of thearchaeological discovery. A total of six trenches were dug by the AOC Group,

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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or the natural geology were encountered. The work confirmed the presence of building
remains related to the farmstead of Cardowan. Other 19th century remains were also
recorded in the form of brick walls and stone surfaces. Earthenware pottery was foundwithin the fabric of the wall. As the remains were late in date, the Service advised thata sufficient archaeological record had been made, that no further investigation of thesite was required, and that construction activities could proceed.
6.6

As part of ground investigation works associated with the White Cart Water flood
defence scheme, two test-pits were hand excavated on the banks of the White Cart
Water at the Old Bridge on Snuff Mill Road. Test pit 2 was believed to overlie the siteof a mill race; however, no evidence for the mill was observed. The Service continued
to provide a range of archaeological advice in relation to the development of the White
Cart Flood Prevention Scheme both within the Council’s area and neighbouring
Council areas.

6.7

The nomination of the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site has substantially
increased the amount of time being spent by the Service in providing advice, both at
pre-application and planning application stages, to its member Councils which havepart of the Wall line within their areas. There is likely to be a further increase, asCouncil Local Plan policies are modified to protect the buffer zone for the World
Heritage site, as well as the actual site itself. The manager of the Service was also
invited during the report period to take part in the Antonine Wall World Heritage Sitemanagement group, and has also provisionally agreed to Historic Scotland’s request to
manage the contract, for a suitable fee and time permitting, which is to be let to private
consultants to write Supplementary Planning Guidance to support the new Local Plan
policies.

6.8

6.9

Other Advice within the Council's Area
During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 38 other items of casework, including 20 pre-application enquiries.
In addition the Service continued to provide information, advice, and support to theemerging Local History and Archaeology Strategy for the City, taking part in the first
Glasgow Historic Fair in 2006. The Service continued to provide advice to theArchaeological Research Framework Joint Project being run by the Museums divisionof the Council’s Culture and Leisure Service’s Department, now Culture and Sport
Glasgow, along with the seven other Council Museum Services in the Clyde Valleyarea, including the provision of speakers for two workshops to look at the scope of theframework.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to Inverclyde Council

7.1

Development Plan Advice
There were no requests for assistance from the Council during the report period in
respect of development plan advice.

7.2

7.3

Development Control Advice
Over the report period 50 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 10 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues by the Archaeology Service. In
addition further work was done in respect of 2 planning applications submitted inprevious years.
The 10 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received-24-----4--

Altogether 6 of the identified planning applications required some form of response to
mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
7.4

Towards the end of the report period archaeological evaluation by trial trenching took
place on the site of a proposed residential development at Inverkip. Evidence of aprehistoric settlement was uncovered in the form of curvilinear gullies, post holes, pits
and midden deposits. The excavators (GUARD) have suggested that this may be theremains of a small farmstead of the prehistoric period. More information about the site
may be found in the news section on the Service’s web site at http://www.wosas.net.
The archaeological site will not be fully excavated as the developer has opted topreserve it in situ within his development instead. This is in keeping with national
planning policy guidance on the treatment of archaeological remains. A report of theevaluation findings will however be prepared. This is a significant new archaeologicaldiscovery, the first to be made in Inverclyde through developer funded archaeologicalwork.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Other Advice within the Council's Area
7.5

During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 7 other items of casework, including 3 pre-application enquiries.
The Service continued to provide advice to the Archaeological Research Framework
Joint Project being run by the Museums division of the Council’s Culture and LeisureService’s Department, now Culture and Sport Glasgow, along with the seven otherCouncil Museum Services in the Clyde Valley area, including the provision of
speakers for two workshops to look at the scope of the framework.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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8.1

8.2

8.3

Advice to North Ayrshire Council
Development Plan Advice
Draft alterations were received for comment in respect of the North Ayrshire Local
Plan and Isle of Arran Local Plan in respect of proposed rural development policies.
No comments were made to the Council in respect of these proposed alterations as
they do not affect the extant archaeological policies of the Local Plans. Substantial
staff assistance was provided to the Ayrshire Joint Structure Plan team in respect ofcompilation of a database of gardens and designed landscapes for Ayrshire, which
would also be compatible with the Sites and Monuments Record. A contribution of£500 was also made towards the cost of the project, being the sum of money received
in the previous year as a donation to the Service from the Ayrshire Archaeological andNatural History Society, expressly for the purposes of a Sites and Monuments Record
project in Ayrshire.
Development Control Advice
Over the report period 53 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 77 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 14 planningapplications submitted in previous years. The number of weekly lists in excess of 52
resulted from one list from the preceding report period not being received until thisreport period.
The 77 identified planning applications received the following responses from theService in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 andPlanning Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

-14
9
7
1
-1
-29
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Altogether 32 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
8.4

A programme of archaeological standing building recording was undertaken in respectof the proposed redevelopment of Sevenacres Mill, Kilwinning. There has been a millat Sevenacres since the early to mid 18th century, as it was depicted by Roy in his
military maps of 1747-55. The mill continued in production until the late 1960's, when
it was noted as one of the best preserved corn mills in North Ayrshire. From the

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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building recording work which was carried out, it can be seen that the mill has had asomewhat long and varied history, having been enlarged and altered as a means ofaccommodating industrial advances and ultimately improving production. The
recording work established that the mill was a two phase build; the earlier westernbuild being of random rubble construction with quoins, suggestive of it being aneighteenth century mill. However, it was problematic trying to ascertain if this was theactual building portrayed on the Roy map (1755), as it has a slightly different
orientation.
8.5

8.6

Towards the end of the report period arrangements were put in place forarchaeological excavation in advance of housing development in Main Street,
Dreghorn, adjacent to the residential site which had been excavated earlier and which
had produced substantial evidence for medieval Dreghorn. Further archaeologicalevidence for medieval Dreghorn has been found within this latest site to be excavated.
Other Advice
During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 26 other items of casework, of which 9 were pre-applicationenquiries. There was 1 request for a Rural Stewardship Scheme audit within theCouncil’s area.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
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9Advice to North Lanarkshire Council

9.1

Development Plan Advice
There were no requests for advice from the Council in respect of the development planover the report period.

9.2

9.3

Development Control Advice
Over the report period 52 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 55 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 16 planningapplication submitted in previous years.
The 55 identified planning applications received the following responses from theService in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 andPlanning Advice Note 42:

Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

2
6
9
6
-1
--25
6

Altogether 24 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
9.4

Refusal of the planning applications was recommended in respect of two proposals,
both in the vicinity of the Antonine Wall, which has been nominated for World
Heritage Site status. Both proposals directly affected the Wall line, and had potential
impacts on its setting. One of the proposals, temporary offices and associated car
parking at Castlecary, had in fact already been erected without planning consent. In
respect of the other application - residential development at Croy, planning consent
was subsequently refused by the Council in July 2007.

9.5

Advice was provided to the Council in respect of two proposed developments at theWesterwood Golf Course, also within the buffer zone for the proposed World Heritage
Site and for two proposed developments at Dullatur where there is a Roman temporary
camp associated with the Antonine Wall’s construction.

9.6

The nomination of the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage Site has substantially
increased the amount of time being spent by the Service in providing advice, both at

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
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pre-application and planning application stages, to its member Councils which havepart of the Wall line within their areas. There is likely to be a further increase, asCouncil Local Plan policies are modified to protect the buffer zone for the World
Heritage site, as well as the actual site itself. The manager of the Service was also
invited during the report period to take part in the Antonine Wall World Heritage Sitemanagement group, and has also provisionally agreed to Historic Scotland’s request to
manage the contract, for a suitable fee and time permitting, which is to be let to private
consultants to write Supplementary Planning Guidance to support the new Local Plan
policies.
9.7

Archaeological evaluation (by GUARD) of an area proposed for development at 2-8
Shuttle Street, Kilsyth within the area of the historic settlement failed to findarchaeological evidence of early settlement, as the area had been comprehensively
cleared during demolition work in the 1970's, when Victorian houses on the Shuttle
Street side of the plot were demolished.
Other Advice within the Council's Area

9.8

During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 26 other items of casework, including 11 pre-application enquiries
and a number in connection with proposed developments by statutory undertakers. At
the end of the report period the Service was consulted at a pre-planning application
stage by the developer’s agents on the proposed Bracco Wind Farm, and advised thatthe proposal would be likely to have an impact of major significance on the setting of
two Scheduled Ancient Monuments located in extremely close proximity to the
proposed wind turbines. The Service continued to provide advice to theArchaeological Research Framework Joint Project being run by the Museums divisionof the Council’s Culture and Leisure Service’s Department, now Culture and Sport
Glasgow, along with the seven other Council Museum Services in the Clyde Valleyarea, including the provision of speakers for two workshops to look at the scope of theframework.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to Renfrewshire Council

10.1

Development Plan Advice
There were no requests for advice from the Council in respect of the development planover the report period.

10.2

10.3

Development Control Advice
Over the report period 49 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 64 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 10 planningapplications submitted in previous years.
The 64 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received-3
10
7----404

Altogether 20 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
10.4

A major historic building survey was undertaken at the former Barbush Linen Mills,
Johnstone as a condition of listed building consent for demolition. The mill site had
been in industrial use since the 1840s and the earliest buildings on the site survived
from an earlier period when much textile work was undertaken piecemeal by hand indomestic dwellings. The mill owners made various additions throughout the later 19th
century with the last extensions added in the early 20th century.

10.5

A watching brief was conducted prior to extension of a retail unit at 17 Canal Street,
Renfrew within the defined area of archaeological potential associated with themedieval burgh of Renfrew. An area of rough paved surface, of possible postmedieval date, was uncovered along with green glaze post- medieval pottery, but noevidence of an earlier period of the burgh’s history was found at this site.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Other Advice within the Council's Area
10.6

During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 11 other items of casework, including five pre-application enquiries
and one request for a Rural Stewardship Scheme audit.

10.7

The Service continued to provide advice to the Archaeological Research Framework
Joint Project being run by the Museums division of the Council’s Culture and LeisureService’s Department, now Culture and Sport Glasgow, along with the seven otherCouncil Museum Services in the Clyde Valley area, including the provision of
speakers for two workshops to look at the scope of the framework.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to South Ayrshire Council

11.1

11.2

11.3

Development Plan Advice
There were no requests for advice from the Council in respect of the development planover the report period. Substantial staff assistance was provided to the Ayrshire Joint
Structure Plan team in respect of compilation of a database of gardens and designed
landscapes for Ayrshire, which would also be compatible with the Sites andMonuments Record. A contribution of £500 was also made towards the cost of the
project, being the sum of money received in the previous year as a donation to theService from the Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, expressly forthe purposes of a Sites and Monuments Record project in Ayrshire.
Development Control Advice
Over the report period 48 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 80 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 16 planningapplications submitted in previous years.
The 80 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received-914
5----439

Altogether 28 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
11.4

Evaluation by trial trenching as a first stage of implementing an archaeologicalcondition attached to planning consent was undertaken (by GUARD) at the proposed
Dalquhurran Golf Course. Substantial and extensive archaeological features wereencountered including remains of early mining in the form of bell pits (probably late
18th century), and a large number of archaeological features of apparent prehistoricdate, associated with settlement of this period. The condition attached to the outline
planning consent for the golf course requires submission of an archaeologicalmitigation strategy for the Council’s approval, along with any reserved matters or
detailed application (the evaluation was a prelude to drawing up that strategy). The

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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developer’s plans in respect of the discovered features – whether to excavate in full orto preserve in situ by design, are not yet known.

11.5

11.6

Other Advice in the Council's Area
During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 27 other items of casework, including 10 pre-application enquiries.
There were also 2 requests for Rural Stewardship Scheme audits within the Council’s
area.
The Council’s building control section approached the Service for advice in respect ofa hole which had opened up in the park at Castlehill, Ayr. A site visit by a member of
the Service’s staff established that the feature was a barrel vault of the former
Castlehill House, which had been given a later corrugated steel lining. Castlehill
House was built as new in 1804 but this is a very late date for the construction of
barrel vaulted ceilings, and it may well be that the find dates to an earlier periodbuilding and was incorporated into the new mansion. The 1804 mansion was said tohave "garages" linked to the main house by a 100 feet long tunnel. A Castlehill Houseis in existence by 1775 (Armstrong’s map) and is also named on Roy's map (1755) andBlaeu's atlas (1654). There is also a record of a marriage of a Ballantine family
member in c.1695, who is named as living at Castlehill. The Service provided advice
to the building control section on the scope of necessary recording of the feature,
before it was to be made safe by infilling.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to South Lanarkshire Council

12.1

Development Plan Advice
There were no requests for advice from the Council in respect of the development planover the report period.

12.2

12.3

Development Control Advice
Over the report period 51 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 158 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 77 planningapplications submitted in previous years. South Lanarkshire Council remained thesecond largest Council user of the Archaeology Service during the report period.
The 158 identified planning applications received the following responses from theService in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 andPlanning Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

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28
5
1
1
4
-89
17

Altogether 52 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
12.4

The Service was asked to provide a brief for archaeological assessment of an area ofland at Bothwell Bridge in the Council’s ownership, which is claimed to have been thesite of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge on 22nd June 1679, and which the Council isconsidering for identification as a new housing area. The site may have been where
Government forces deployed in their assault of the Covenanter force positioned
around Bothwell Bridge. The main action of the battle occurred around the bridge andon Hamilton Muir, south of the River Clyde. A programme of phased archaeologicalwork consisting of a metal detecting survey and archaeological evaluation by trial
trenching was undertaken (AOC Group) on the Council’s behalf. The assessment
revealed a firing line consistent with the likely position of the Government forces
during the initial actions of the battle. Other finds included a large amount of leadshot, a decorated copper dirk pommel and a quantity of scrap lead. The discovery of afiring line and other artefacts associated with the initial action at the Battle of Bothwell
Bridge indicates that the site area is probably the only undeveloped land, directly

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

24belonging to the battlefield, left within the locality. The finding of such a clear firing
line through archaeological evidence is a rare occurrence in Scotland.
12.5

Archaeological investigation by CFA Archaeology Ltd in fulfillment of a conditionattached to planning consent for a new electricity sub-station at Elvanfoot found a
Bronze Age urn burial under a small cairn, which had previously been thought to bemodern field clearance.

12.6

The Archaeology Service Manager provided substantial assistance to the Council for
the Public Local Inquiry into the Clyde Windfarm proposal, opposed by the Council
largely on landscape and archaeological policy grounds, including appearing as aCouncil witness at the Inquiry. The proposal for 165 wind turbines in an area with 65
scheduled ancient monuments within 5 km, 90 within 10 km, and large numbers ofimportant, but unscheduled, archaeological sites, was judged to be clearly incontravention of the archaeological policies of both the Glasgow and Clyde Valley
Structure Plan and the Draft South Lanarkshire Local Plan. At the date of this annual
report the decision on the windfarm was still awaited from Scottish Ministers.
Other Advice within the Council's Area

12.7

During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 66 other items of casework, including 29 pre-application enquiries.
There were 6 requests for Rural Stewardship Scheme audits within the Council’s area.
The Service continued to provide advice to the Archaeological Research Framework
Joint Project being run by the Museums division of the Council’s Culture and LeisureService’s Department, now Culture and Sport Glasgow, along with the seven otherCouncil Museum Services in the Clyde Valley area, including the provision of
speakers for two workshops to look at the scope of the framework.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to West Dunbartonshire Council

13.1

Development Plan Advice
There were no requests for advice from the Council in respect of the development planover the report period.

13.2

13.3

Development Control Advice
Over the report period 47 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 32 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 21 planningapplications submitted in previous years. Some of the weekly lists were received
bundled together and were logged as a single consultation on the Service’s system.
The 32 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

-3
4
1
---2
21
1

Altogether 10 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
13.4

Pre-application development advice was sought from the Service in relation topossible residential development at Glenhead in Duntocher over the line of theAntonine Wall. In addition there continued to be enquiries from prospective
developers in relation to the former Gavinburn Bus Depot, on the terminal Roman Fort
at the west end of the Wall. The nomination of the Antonine Wall as a World Heritage
Site has substantially increased the amount of time being spent by the Service, both at
pre-application and planning application stages, in providing advice to its member
Councils which have part of the Wall line within their areas. There is likely to be afurther increase, as Council Local Plan policies are modified to protect the buffer zone
for the World Heritage site, as well as the actual site itself. The manager of the Service
was also invited during the report period to take part in the Antonine Wall World
Heritage Site management group, and has also provisionally agreed to Historic
Scotland’s request to manage the contract, for a suitable fee and time permitting,which is to be let to private consultants to write Supplementary Planning Guidance tosupport the new Local Plan policies.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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13.6

A programme of developer funded archaeological work took place at the site ofDalquhurn House and bleachworks in advance of planned residential development.
The work included standing buildings recording of industrial buildings on the site, trial
trenching across the site of Dalquhurn House and further recording. Archaeologicalremains of the house, which is associated with the Telfer Smollett family, were found,including 18th century bricks.
Other Advice within the Council's Area
During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 15 other items of casework, including 6 pre-application enquiries.
The Service continued to provide advice to the Archaeological Research Framework
Joint Project being run by the Museums division of the Council’s Culture and LeisureService’s Department, now Culture and Sport Glasgow, along with the seven otherCouncil Museum Services in the Clyde Valley area, including the provision of
speakers for two workshops to look at the scope of the framework.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to West Lothian Council

14.1

14.2

14.3

Development Plan Advice
The Archaeology Service was consulted on draft supplementary planning guidance
entitled: Development in the countryside - the redevelopment of redundant poultry
sheds and intensive livestock rearing units. No comments were offered as there are
adequate archaeological policies in the Local Plan.
Development Control Advice
Over the report period 54 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 69 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues, either by the Archaeology Service
or by Council staff. In addition further work was done in respect of 14 planningapplications submitted in previous years. The number of weekly lists in excess of 52
resulted from some lists from the preceding report period not being received until thisreport period.
The 69 identified planning applications received the following responses from theService in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 andPlanning Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received

-6
8
3
--1
-46
5

Altogether 18 of the identified planning applications required some form of responseto mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
14.4

A brief was provided to the Council to allow them to procure pre-planning application
investigation in connection with the proposed refurbishment and extension of the
Burgh Halls, Linlithgow, which is located at the heart of the medieval burgh area.

14.5

A programme of archaeological works and historic building recording was undertaken
at Hame's Best, St Michaels Wynd, Linlithgow, also within the area of the medieval
burgh to satisfy conditions attached to consent for relocation and alteration to a garage,
and alteration to garden ground. A building survey record was made, in addition toarchaeological works to expose, record and excavate a stone cistern, and to monitor
insertion of service trenches. The area was found to have been heavily landscaped in
the 19th century, effectively removing any earlier archaeological evidence.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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14.7

Other Advice within the Council's Area
During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including Council
staff, in respect of 15 other items of casework, including 9 pre-application enquiries.
The Service provided assistance to the History of Armadale Association and the
Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society in respect of a survey of Ogilface Castle near
Armadale. Ogilface Castle is on record from the mid 12th century, when it was
granted to Holyrood Abbey by William de Veteri Ponte. Further information on the
castle and the reasons for the survey may be found within the news section of theService’s web site on (http://www.wosas.net or http://www.wosas.org.uk.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority

15.1

Archaeological advice is provided to the National Park Authority under the terms of achargeable Service Level Agreement. In the year 2006-07 the National Park Authority
paid £8,977.84 to the Service for archaeological advice. This was substantially downon the previous year’s total (£13,487.39), largely as a result of fewer demands on theService from the National Park Authority in connection with planning applications.

15.2

15.3

15.4

Development Plan Advice
There were no requests for advice from the Council in respect of the development planover the report period.
Development Control Advice
Over the report period 39 weekly lists of planning applications were received from theCouncil for monitoring by the Service and 19 new planning applications wereidentified as raising potential archaeological issues by the Archaeology Service or
National Park Authority staff. In addition further advice was provided in respect of 8planning applications submitted in previous years.
The 19 new planning applications received the following responses from the Service
in terms of the advice contained in National Planning Policy Guideline 5 and Planning
Advice Note 42:
Refusal of planning application recommended
Archaeological assessment or evaluation prior to determination required
Negative suspensive condition requiring archaeological excavation
Archaeological watching brief condition requiredStandings buildings survey condition
Avoidance/protection within or to side of development
Other condition
Refer to Historic Scotland (scheduled monument)
No issue, no action possible or necessary, including no issue after further work
Not received--41----13
1

Altogether 5 of the identified planning applications required some form of response to
mitigate the effects of the proposals on archaeological remains.
15.5

Further substantial advice was provided to the National Park Authority and to thedeveloper in relation to the Rossdhu 2 golf course proposal on Local Lomondside. The
advice covered guidance on preservation in situ of some of the archaeological remains
which had been found during evaluation by trial trenching in the previous year, andproposals for excavation of some of the archaeological features which had been found.

Other Advice within the National Park Authority’s Area
15.6

During the report period advice was provided to a variety of clients, including
National Park Authority staff, in respect of 3 other items of casework, including two
pre-application enquiries.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Advice to Scottish Water

16.1

There were 30 requests for assistance in connection with Scottish Water and Scottish
Water Solutions proposals over the report period. This raised income of £2,250.

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Agri-Environment Audits

17.1

Archaeological audits were supplied on an hourly charging basis to agriculturaladvisers for 18 agri-environment scheme applications (153 the previous year,
representing a decrease in workload of 88.2%). The decrease was the result of theclosure of the Rural Stewardship Scheme to new applications at the start of the reportperiod, pending introduction of the Scottish Rural Development Programme, which
was however substantially delayed in receiving European Community approval. The
new programme is not expected to be open to application until January 2008. The
small amount of residual Rural Stewardship Scheme work raised income of £700 for
the Service (a substantial decrease from the previous year’s income of £6,750, and£14,525 the year before (2004-05)). However the sum of £4,214 was still received
from Historic Scotland to help cover the costs of providing the audits. As there wereno audit requests due to closure of the programme, this sum of money was used, with
Historic Scotland’s agreement, to purchase earlier editions of Ordnance Survey maps
in digital format for the Service’s GIS.

17.2

One consequence of the reduction in the numbers of agri-environment audits was thatwhen the temporary archaeological assistant’s post with the Service fell vacant in
October 2006 on the promotion of the incumbent to a higher paid temporary post inconnection with the M74 Archaeological Management Project (section 18 below), it
was not filled and remains as a vacancy on the Service’s staff establishment, pending
any further requests from the Scottish Executive for archaeological advice support tothe new Scottish Rural Development Programme. At the time of composing thisannual report, the intentions of the Executive in respect of the provision ofarchaeological advice to farmers were still not known, but requirements to safeguardarchaeological sites, whether scheduled or not, have been built into the new scheme,
so farmers will still require to have access to some mechanism to obtain thisinformation.

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Management of the M74 Completion Archaeology Contracts

18.1

During the report period the Service provided management of the archaeology
contracts in advance of the construction of the completion link between the M74 andthe M8, working to the Appointed Agent for the road procurement – Glasgow City
Council Land Services department. The road link passes through an area of Glasgow
and South Lanarkshire which has industrial archaeological sites and the remains ofearly tenements. Normally archaeology contracts associated with major roaddevelopments are managed on behalf of the Scottish government by Historic Scotland,but in this case Historic Scotland wished it to be managed locally by the Archaeology
Service. The contracts consist of a building record survey of the buildings to be
demolished along the road line, and an extensive excavation contract for various sites

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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along the route, including a major programme of public activities associated with thearchaeology and social history of the area.
18.2

During the report period the Service specified and managed the Phase 1 archaeology
contract for recording of the buildings, and thereafter provided the specification for thePhase 2 archaeology contract for excavations along the route of the road line, andsupport for the tender selection process. The main archaeological excavation contractcommenced site work after the end of this report period in August 2007 and the major
programme of public activities is expected to commence in September 2007 andcontinue for up to a two year period thereafter. During the report period an income of£51,180.52 was received by the Service in respect of its work for the M74 Completionproject.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Appendix 1
Annual Performance Statistics 2006-2007 (figures for previous year in brackets forcomparison)
Weekly lists
The performance standard in the WoSAS Service Level Agreement for this area of work is
90% to be monitored and actioned within 14 calendar days of receipt.
Performance
52.98(62.9%)
Planning and Listed Building Consultations
The performance standard in the WoSAS Service Level Agreement for this area of work is
80% to be actioned within 21 calendar days of receipt.
Planning Applications
Argyll & Bute
73.2%
(84.5%)
East Ayrshire
73.9%(76.9%)
East Renfrewshire
73.5%(90.9%)
Glasgow City
76.4%
(74.5%)
Inverclyde
60.0%(61.5%)
North Ayrshire
73.3%(77.3%)
North Lanarkshire
61.2%(71.4%)
Renfrewshire
67.9%(76.7%)South Ayrshire
66.7%(78.3%)South Lanarkshire
79.3%(70.0%)
West Dunbartonshire
63.6%(85.7%)
West Lothian
72.8%(74.3%)
Loch Lomond & Trossachs
43.8%(55.0%)Overall Planning Application Performance

72.12%(78%)

Other Work Areas
The performance standard agreed with the West Yorkshire Archaeology Service (benchmark
partner) for this area of work is 80% to be actioned within 21 calendar days of receipt.
Agri-Environment Scheme Audits
94.44%(92%)
Pre-Application Enquiries
66.88%(67.27%)
Permitted Dev/Statutory Undertakings
65.27%(71.87%)
Forest Design Plan
33.33%(75%)
Woodland Grant Scheme25%(-----)
Other Archaeological Consultations
61.9%(67.74)General/SMR Enquiries
50%(53.8%)
Other------(72.72%)
Policy Liaison------(100%)
SMR Systems Support & Development------(-----)Overall Other Work Performance
56.68%(75.05%)The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and West Lothian.

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Appendix 2
WEST OF SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICEINCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTFOR THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2007
2005/06£

2006/07£
Income152,020
37,7680Contribution from participating authorities
Fees & Charges
Interest on balances

165,260
67,265
13,285

189,788

Total Income

245,810

Expenditure
Employee Costs
171,360

Salaries, NI & Superannuation & Employee Related Costs

179,400

Administration Costs
188
8,391
10,400
263
2,373
7,367
107
643

Fees & Subscriptions
Travel & Subsistence
Rents
Fixture & Fittings
Printing & Stationary
Equipment Purchase & maintenance
Telephones
Catering
Postage

29,732327
8,430
10,4001,001
889
12,876290
104
595
34,912201,092

Total Expenditure

214,312-11,304
104,090

Surplus/(Deficit) for Year
Surplus Brought Forward

31,49892,78692,786

Accumulated Surplus

124,284

Note: Since this year end account was completed a repayment of salary deductions in error during 2006-07 has
been added to the accumulated surplus in reserve, amounting to the sum of £2,191.64, giving an actual totalreserve figure of £126,475.

The Archaeology Service of the Councils of Argyll & Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North
Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.

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