Watching Brief

Date 8 April 1997

Event ID 1012322

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

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A watching brief was carried out at Skipness Castle on the 8th of April 1997, while a small hole was dug in the internal courtyard to emplace a banister support for the stair leading up to the NE tower.

The hole measured 20cm by 20cm in plan with a depth of 25cm, and was positioned along the base of the external stair on the S side of the NE tower, 27cm E from the lowest part of the stair.

8cm of thin turf and mortar waste overlay 9cm of dark brown topsoil over 8cm of stony dark brown soil. The lowermost layer was not bottomed. No features or finds were uncovered.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

G Ewart and P Sharman 1997