Enigmatic Circular Feature Found in Alexandria
Circular feature identified during mitigation fieldwork in Alexandria. Image copyright CFA Archaeology Ltd
Following on from an initial phase of trial trenching, ongoing mitigation fieldwork undertaken by CFA Archaeology Ltd in advance of construction of a new health and care centre at the Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, has identified the enigmatic circular features shown above and below. The feature comprises a penannular circuit of stones, which varies from between 0.75m to 2m in width. This is composed of large stones, some of which are located with a heavy black burnt fill, though this is only present in one sector of the circuit. In the centre of the feature is a roughly triangular pit containing two fills - again, one half of the fill is composed entirely of burnt and heat-fractured stone, while the other section has not been affected in this way. The whole site had been sealed below a layer of silt, and does not appear to have undergone significant damage from ploughing.
Circular feature identified during mitigation fieldwork in Alexandria. Image copyright CFA Archaeology Ltd