Watching Brief

Date 20 January 1998 - 16 February 1998

Event ID 1028091

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

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A watching brief was carried out over two days to examine and record a number of slit trenches cut into the soil and gravel embankment W of the Kitchen Tower at Doune Castle.

The purpose of the trenches was to provide settings for railway sleepers and concrete settings which would provide a solid foundation for a mass of scaffolding to be erected against the external wall face of the Kitchen Tower. The tower is set on the edge of a steep slope above the river. The embankment comprises mortar-rich gravel covered by a damp earth deposit.

With the exception of Trench 4, where the founds of the Kitchen Tower were exposed, the remaining trenches revealed the make-up of the embankment, and traces of the natural slope which had been enhanced to form it.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology 1998