Brownsbank Farm Fieldwork and Excavation 1997 – 2001. 3rd Interim Report

Since 1997 the ploughed fields of Brownsbank Farm have been walked as part of The Pre-History North of Biggar Project operated by the Biggar Archaeology Group (BAG). In the spring of 2000 a series of locations with surface scatters of Early Neolithic pottery was found in one field (No 4). Several locations were excavated (2000 – 2001) to test for surviving in situ archaeology, and at one, a significant assemblage of pottery was retrieved, which was in association with Arran pitchstone, Langdale Pike Group VI axe flakes, a lithic assemblage and pits containing further pottery and charcoal enriched fills. Radiocarbon dates were obtained from two contexts.