Watching Brief

Date 7 April 2010

Event ID 1010850

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010850

An archaeological watching brief on topsoil stripping and excavation required for a house extension at The Gardens, Delvine, Spittalfield, located within the defensive outworks of the Roman Fortress of Inchtuthil and covering an area of 96m². Along with modern pottery, three sherds of late medieval/post-medieval pottery and three sherds of what were considered to be Roman pottery were recovered from garden deposits. Cuts in the subsoil/natural revealed recent working as part of a garden vegetable plot. A stone floor or surface was found that was tied into the foundation of the house wall and was considered to be a stance for an outside tap. Although some medieval and possibly Roman pottery sherds were found, no discrete features or deposits relating to these periods or any other period, apart from modern, were found.

Alder Archaeology Ltd