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Watching Brief

Date 25 January 2012 - 6 February 2012

Event ID 1008649

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1008649

Civil engineering works were scheduled for the main entrance to the House of Dun, Montrose, Angus (Illus 1) at NO 6707 5953. As the works were located close to a known probable prehistoric and medieval landmark, an archaeologist was drafted in to monitor all excavations relating to the drainage.

The work was commissioned by Shannon Fraser, National Trust for Scotland. The watching brief took place on between 25th January and 6th February 2012 and was carried out in the context of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) Planning Advice Note 42 (PAN 42) and Scottish Historic Environment Policy (SHEP), which state that archaeological remains should be regarded as part of the environment to be protected and managed.

Despite the high potential for archaeological features to survive, given the close proximity of a probable prehistoric burial mound, and continued occupation of the land since 1375, no features or finds of archaeological interest were found during the archaeological monitoring of a trench and seven soakaways, excavated as part of civil engineering works along the entrance drive to the House of Dun.

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