Watching Brief

Date 17 March 2015

Event ID 1026753

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1026753

NS 0947 5343 A watching brief was undertaken on 17 March 2015 during the excavation of a shallow trench to hold the footings for a new bench, located to the SW of the upper graveyard boundary wall of St Blane’s Church. The results of the excavation reflect the backfill or dumping of excavated/disturbed soils and rubble. The presence of six inch nails may indicate this ‘fill’ was the result of an earlier (20th century) shallow archaeological excavation in the area.

The abundance of slate fragments probably either reflect roofing material from the various medieval buildings in the area, or the extensive use of slate ‘pinners’ within the (much restored) upper graveyard boundary wall.

Archive: National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) intended

Funder: Historic Scotland

Gordon Ewart - Kirkdale Archaeology

(Source: DES, Volume 16)