Excavation

Date April 1968

Event ID 1088063

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NS 363345. Trial excavations were carried out at Easter 1968,

in advance of the clearance of rubble from the area in front of the

gatehouse keep. The rubble was found to be up to 4' deep in places

(or more where the ground rose steeply towards the curtain wall),

and rested on bedrock, which seems to have been deliberately

levelled with stones to form a roughly cobbled surface. The curtain

wall of the inner courtyard was shown to have been butted on io

the keep, and rested on bedrock without any footings. The keep

would seem to be resting on ashlar footings or underpinnings, a

single course projecting in front of the castle wall. Part of this was

pointed with mortar of nineteenth century date, probably contemporary

with the consolidation work carried out at that period. There

were no significant finds. Excavations were carried out by Lloyd Laing on behalf of the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments.

Funder: Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments

Information from Discovery and Excavation Scotland 1968