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Watching Brief
Date 19 August 1997 - 1 September 1997
Event ID 1028073
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1028073
A watching brief was carried out over two days during minor excavation works within the fort. A N-S trench extending 67m from the NE casemate to the main E-W axis road, before turning W to run for a further 160m, was opened to a depth of 600mm, being 360mm in width. Later, a sequence of 7 pits were excavated to insert manholes along the length of this longer trench. In all trenches, the sequence established was of the modern surface overlying mixed sands and gravels, in turn overlying the clean yellow sand which underlies all of the Fort structures. The latter is known, from previous excavations, to cover earlier, substantial stone drains at a depth of c.1m below the parade ground surface, a depth not achieved in the recent excavations.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
G Ewart and D Stewart 1997
Kirkdale Archaeology
