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Excavation slides 35 slides taken during the 1989 and 1990 excavations: 1: Area X/H: Stone features (1387) emerging from the pinkish brown layer. 2-3: Area X/H: 'Clapperboard'. 4-6: Area X/H: Stone fe ...

BS 2/63 CS

Description Excavation slides 35 slides taken during the 1989 and 1990 excavations: 1: Area X/H: Stone features (1387) emerging from the pinkish brown layer. 2-3: Area X/H: 'Clapperboard'. 4-6: Area X/H: Stone features (1387) emerging from the pinkish brown layer. 9-14: Area X/H: General shots of the excavated flagstones and cobbles (1388). 15-16: Area X/H: Detail of a rippled flagstone within 1388. 17-18: Area X/H: Detail of kerb (1420) and flagstones (1388). 19-22: Area X/H: The W and E facing sections, including the ditch cut (E facing section) and the flagstones (1388). 23: Area X/H: Working shot of the excavation and tunnel, looking SW. 24-25: Area X/H: Detail of the larger flagstones within 1388. 26-27: Area X/H: Detail of close set cobbles (591). 28-29: Area X/H: Detail of intermediate sized cobbles (1419). 30-31: Area X/H: Detail of burnt patch 1422 between 1419 and 1388. 32-33: Area X/H: Detail of 'post hole' 1423 fully excavated. 34-35: Area X/H: Detail of the kerb (1420) after the flagstones (1388) to the S had been removed to reveal 592.

Date 30/12/1989

Collection Records of Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number BS 2/63 CS

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Accession Number 2001/3

External Reference EC89&90/63

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/640902

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Collection Level (551 112) Records of Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Group Level (551 112/3) Archaeological projects commissioned by Historic Scotland and its predecessor bodies

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