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Excavation
Date 24 March 1998 - 14 August 1998
Event ID 1028087
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1028087
Kirkdale Archaeology were asked to excavate a trench by hand within the Queen Anne Building (NT 2515 7340), a barracks block of 1708. This structure was known to overlie vaults, probably constructed in the fifteenth century to provide a level surface for the Crown Square, at the summit of the castle rock. Survey had shown there to be a gap of some 2.3 m between the floor of the Queen Anne Building, and the vaults below, and it was hoped that evidence might survive of superstructures earlier than the 1708 block, resting on the fifteenth century substructure. The Queen Anne Building has, until recently, served as the United Services Museum, as it was to be abandoned for this purpose, it was thought that excavation might suggest an appropriate use for a building in such a prominent location in the castle
G Ewart
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology 1998
