Craigends of the 20th Century a Renfrewshire estate remembered

The final speaker was Stephen Clancy of the Renfrewshire Local History Forum. He reported on a small exploratory dig done by the RLHF Archaeology section. Two residents of a housing scheme built on the lands of the former Craigends estate, once owned by the Cunningham family, had approached the Forum and asked them to investigate a spread of pottery beside a woodland pathway. A small trench was dug over a weekend in late 2003. The pottery seems to be part of a rubbish dump which will bear further examination, along with some strange built features which probably form part of the old estate. This seemed to be a story which will have further installments... (early 2004)

Craigends House Estate, Houston
Several years ago we put a small trench (3.0m x 0.5m) in where a spread of pottery had been identified. From this trench we recovered large amounts of pottery shards and glass and we are currently studying the artefacts with a view to publication.