Watching Brief

Date 11 April 1997

Event ID 1028071

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1028071

A watching brief was undertaken while contractors excavated a circular hole to form the concrete foundation for a masonry plinth supporting a bronze view-finder. The position of this hole was outside the barmkin wall of Dundonald Castle, 11.6m to the E of the outer face of the wall, and 3m S of the NE corner of the wall. The hole was 1.87m across and 30cm deep. The site of this excavation was over an exploratory archaeological trench dug in the 1980s. The material removed therefore comprised backfill and topsoil. Indeed in the E end of this trench a large wooden post in concrete was removed, having to be sawn out of the section before the new concrete could be added. A photographic record was made prior to backfilling.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology