Excavation

Date 11 July 2001 - 26 July 2001

Event ID 1031796

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1031796

While Kirkdale Archaeology were already contracted to excavate a trench at Holyrood Palace, a small area of the boundary wall of the parklands, immediately to the E of the Palace, collapsed. A small trench was excavated along this area to investigate its construction and dating. An earlier cobbled surface was found, dating somewhere between the construction of the Abbey and the Post-Medieval period. After the (probably) Post-Medieval construction of the boundary wall, considerable landscaping work was undertaken to the S in the park, presumably in the 19th century, while gardens were created for the tenements to the N. The remaining wall did not appear to be in danger of collapse.

G Ewart 2001

Sponsor: HS

Kirkdale Archaeology