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Watching Brief
Date 17 July 1999 - 20 July 1999
Event ID 1028429
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1028429
The cutting of channels for drainage pipes over the track leading to Hermitage Castle was monitored. Although the area to be monitored was not within the immediate area of the surviving castle, the extensive earthworks around the castle, which makes use of a defensive earthworks c 400m to the W, and a possible settlement beyond this, all indicate that the general area is of great archaeological interest.
Following the work, the date and nature of the track is still essentially unclear, but the deposits disturbed are likely to date after the restoration of the monument, to the 19th and 20th centuries. No deposits of archaeological interest were disturbed by the excavation of the drainage channels.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
P Sharman
Kirkdale Archaeology
