Excavation
Date 27 January 2014 - 7 March 2014
Event ID 1009288
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1009288
AOC Archaeology Group undertook an archaeological excavation on behalf of The Macallan Distillery Company Limited following an earlier field evaluation ahead of the development of a new distillery and visitor centre on land adjacent to the existing distillery.
A total area of c. 12,000 m² was stripped of topsoil and all archaeological
features uncovered were excavated and recorded. The excavation zone
encompassed an area around all the archaeological features discovered
during the evaluation phase.
The excavation revealed four probable post-ring roundhouse structures whilst to the southeast there was a ring ditch roundhouse and a four-poster structure. In amongst these structures there were a number of pits and postholes of varying sizes. To the far northeast there was a large more modern feature interpreted as a 19th century sand and gravel extraction pit.
Information from OASIS ID - aocarcha1-176183 (L Dunbar) 2014.
![Archaeological excavation, View of quarry pit [4121] after excavation from SW, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294843.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of quarry pit [4121], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294844.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of quarry pit [4121], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294845.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 34 of pits [4030 and [901], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294990.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 36 of pits [4038] and [4040], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294991.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing 40 of post holes [4042]-[4048], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294992.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 1 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294993.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 2 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294994.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 3 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294995.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 4 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00294996.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 75 of post holes [4087], [4085], [1501], no 76 of pit [4065] and no 77 of pits [4061] and [4063], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00295002.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 1 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00295005.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 2 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00295006.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 3 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00295007.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 4 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00295008.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of quarry pit [4121] after excavation from SW, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294843.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of quarry pit [4121], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294844.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, View of quarry pit [4121], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294845.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 34 of pits [4030 and [901], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294990.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 36 of pits [4038] and [4040], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294991.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing 40 of post holes [4042]-[4048], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294992.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 1 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294993.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 2 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294994.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 3 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294995.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawing no 50 of post excavation plan of ring ditch [13-7] part 4 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00294996.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 75 of post holes [4087], [4085], [1501], no 76 of pit [4065] and no 77 of pits [4061] and [4063], Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00295002.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 1 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00295005.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 2 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00295006.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 3 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00295007.jpg)
![Archaeological excavation, Scanned drawings no 90 of features [4083], [4099], [4101] and [4103] and no 91 of features [4111] and [4113] part 4 of 4, Macallan Distillery](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00295008.jpg)
