Watching Brief

Date 18 May 2015 - 19 May 2015

Event ID 1003578

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1003578

NO 88120 83840 A watching brief was undertaken, 18–19 May 2015, during small remedial works at three sites within the castle to install safety rails and a retaining wall. During construction of the retaining wall a bank of soil and rubble between the NW corner of the Smithy and the NE corner of the Store was cut back, giving a section through ash and charcoal from the smithy fires. This yielded a sherd of late medieval/ post-medieval pottery, possibly of 16th-century date.

Archive and report: Aberdeenshire SMR

Funder: Dunecht Estates

Hilary and Charlie Murray - Murray Archaeological Services Ltd

(Source: DES, Volume 16)