Further Photos of Double-Ditched Enclosure at Winchburgh
Aerial view of enclosure under excavation by CFA Archaeology Ltd, photograph taken by members of the West Lothian Archaeological Trust
As was reported previously on this website, evaluation trenching conducted by CFA Archaeology Ltd on ground to the north of Winchburgh confirmed the presence of a large double-ditched enclosure, originally identified as a parch-mark on an aerial photograph. A second phase of work is now under way, involving the full excavation of the site. The extent of the enclosure has been fully exposed, and it is possible to gain a sense of the scale of the feature from the photograph above, taken by the local archaeology group, the West Lothian Archaeology Trust, using a digital camera attached to a kite. In this picture, it is just possible to make out the staff from CFA Archaeology Ltd, as well as the mass of stone filling the inner ditch, possibly representing a collapsed wall or rampart.