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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
