Excavation

Date 1982

Event ID 1015350

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NS 975 399. Excavation of the the internal ground floor area was carried out in advance of restoration work to the ruin. An average 0.75m depth of modern accumulation and fallen stone was first removed. This revealed a clay floor surface covered with lime mortar, varying up to 0.15m in depth. This mortar may be the residue of a demolition process. Features in the floor were several post holes and log trenches, which are interpreted as being associated with the entresol floor and a wooden partition. Pockets of occupation material produced quantities of early window and bottle glass, pottery, tin-plated pins, bone and a stone cannon ball weighing 11lb. Also found outside the tower, a decorated lead caste whorl. Finds lodges in Biggar Museum

Sponsor: Lanark & District Archaeological Society

T Ward 1982.