Watching Brief

Date 11 December 2007

Event ID 575697

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/575697

NJ 2544 0866 A watching brief was maintained during the excavation of a small trench against the exterior SW corner of the curtain wall on 11 December 2007. The excavation aimed to locate the inlet for the castle well shown on an 18th-century plan. No evidence was found of the inlet but the excavation revealed the foundations of the SW corner of the 18th-century star-shaped curtain wall. Photographs show that some of this wall was rebuilt in the 1960s but it is was clear that the SW corner of the curtain is of 18th-century build.

Sarah Hogg 2008

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology