Watching Brief

Date 15 October 1996 - 17 October 1996

Event ID 1012180

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1012180

Eight holes on either side of the W wing wall were monitored by Kirkdale Archaeology in advance of the erection of supporting scaffolding. All trenches revealed deposits associated with the decay of adjacent masonry, and the gradual infilling of the moat or canal in front of the mid-14th-century stone castle. In some of the holes there was possible evidence for the denuded earthen bank defining the moat or canal, sealed by bone-rich occupation debris.

Kirkdale Archaeology

Sponsor: HS

G Ewart, P Sharman 1996; DES 1996, p 31