Excavation

Date July 1997

Event ID 1015459

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NT 582 746 Investigations at Traprain Law in July 1997 recorded and partially excavated c 300m² of fire-damaged ground to the immediate S of the summit. The majority of the area excavated proved either to be outcropping bedrock or shallow sandy loam soils overlying bedrock. This soil contained a range of artefacts which appear to be mainly late prehistoric in origin. The remaining area contained a stretch of stone wall, perhaps an element of a late medieval structure associated with quantities of late medieval pottery.

Traprain Law is owned and managed by East Lothian Council who granted permission for these works to be undertaken.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

T Rees 1997