Excavation

Date 1 October 2001 - 4 October 2001

Event ID 1032211

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1032211

NT 055 801 A small trench was excavated in October 2001 immediately to the W of the Spur at Blackness Castle. This was to assess the archaeological implications of new access plans for visitors. About 10cm depth of modern path was removed to reveal an earlier cobbled surface and drain in the lower E end of the trench, immediately outside the doorway. Nothing of archaeological importance was found at the W end, where for the most part the modern path had been laid directly onto bedrock. The cobbles and drain were retained in situ.

G Ewart and J Franklin 2002

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology