Survey and excavation reports – Millhill of Wandel

Millhill of Wandel Trench 24, looking South. Trench 25 in background
Millhill of Wandel Trench 24, looking South. Trench 25 in background

From 2019 until 2022 excavations were undertaken at Millhill of Wandel. This came about as a follow-up to observations taken from Wandel Mill and a subsequent survey. No records had been published of this site other than some aerial photographs on Canmore Wandel Burn | Canmore

A complex of banks were surveyed and the subsequent excavation revealed the series of buildings outlined in this excavation Report.

As an adjunct to the Millhill of Wandel excavation a complex of post-medieval farmscape features was surveyed at Hartside.  Examination of aerial photographs and lidar images revealed unrecorded human landscapes which, on being field-walked, emerged as post-medieval banks, enclosures and settlements contemporary with Millhill of Wandel.  Surveys were subsequently undertaken and are detailed in this survey report.