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Watching Brief
Date 28 April 2015 - 3 June 2015
Event ID 1027068
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1027068
NJ 72270 12550 A watching brief was carried out, 28 April – 3 June 2015, during earthworks associated with driveway repairs at Castle Fraser. A drainage trench S of the castle revealed a stone wall 900mm wide and extending 2.5m NE/ SW across the trench at NJ 72290 12530. The wall does not appear on 18th-century estate maps and may be of medieval or post-medieval date. A small sherd of post-medieval pottery was found while cleaning the wall. A second wall was found N of the castle at NJ 72282 12609. It was 800mm wide and 400mm in surviving height and appeared to have been a revetting wall, possibly of 18th-century date.
Archive: The National Trust for Scotland. Report: Aberdeenshire SMR and the National Trust of Scotland
Funder: The National Trust for Scotland
Hilary and Charlie Murray - Murray Archaeological Services
(Source: DES, Volume 16)
