Watching Brief

Date 4 March 1998

Event ID 1028099

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1028099

Kirkdale Archaeology were asked to monitor the digging of three fence post holes around a new car park just to the South of Elcho castle. The fence holes were to be dug around an expansion to the existing car park, close to a ditch and bank visible as a surface feature running down the West side of the road to the castle.

All three holes were some 30 - 35 cm square, and reached a depth of 100 cm. Each produced a similar sequence, with the top 50 cm being a fine light grey, slightly clayey silt, with some charcoal and small rounded stones throughout, above a fine, pale orange, slightly clayey silt. No artefactual material was recovered. This seems likely to represent a plough soil horizon, of indeterminate age, above natural subsoil.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

D Murray 1998

Kirkdale Archaeology 1998