Watching Brief
Date 13 November 2013 - 4 December 2013
Event ID 1014687
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014687
NS 70490 58604 A watching brief was undertaken, 13 November – 4 December 2013, during development work associated with the fitting of new services to the church. A large number of exploratory excavations were undertaken around the church and within the confines of the churchyard to identify existing drainage, some of which dates back to the 19th century, possibly earlier. As well as a number of overburden deposits related to the latest renovations of the church, there was a large highly
compacted yellow clay layer of redeposited natural within which were a number of disarticulated bones. At least one possible coffin burial was also identified, although only a very small area of this was exposed, and it was left in situ and covered over. An old stone culvert was found to the E side of the church, which was largely exposed and consisted of a stone-lined drain.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Tod and Taylor Architects on behalf of Bothwell
Jamie Humble and Diana Sproat – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES)
OASIS ID: aocarcha1-169336