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Watching Brief
Date 29 September 2015 - 2 December 2015
Event ID 1023969
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023969
NT 24699 72767 A watching brief was undertaken, 29 September – 2 December 2015, during the initial construction phases of a new development at Lochrin Basin. This work follows on from a excavation of the proposed building footprint (DES 2015, 76).
The work fully exposed the canal basin and fully excavated all the deposits within. The exposure of the structure has shown the basin footprint still exists in situ, but has been truncated throughout, with the wall reduced in height (up to 1.5m in places). The best surviving portion is at the W edge where the original coping stones survive in situ, and have been built upon by a later sandstone structure, now demolished. As well as the full exposure of the basin, the steam engine structure partly located in the excavation was also fully exposed and recorded. No artefacts were recorded from the basin deposits.
Finally, two areas of existing basin wall were removed by the construction works. A full survey of the remaining basin structure has been created for future reference.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Knightsbridge Student Housing Ltd
Kevin Paton and Martin Cook – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
