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Watching Brief
Date 3 January 2002 - 14 March 2002
Event ID 1032222
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1032222
Under the terms of its P.I.C. call-off contract with Historic Scotland, Kirkdale Archaeology was asked to monitor a series of excavations at Edinburgh Castle between January and March 2002. These excavations were located in Crown Square and adjacent buildings. The aims of the excavations were to create a waterproof layer over the vaults below and to create a permanent duct for present and subsequent services.
The work confirmed that the vault sequence pre-dates the construction of both the Great Hall and Queen Anne Building. The vaults exploit the terraced profile of the castle rock summit to the S and W, and effectively extend the limits of the upper defensive circuit beyond the area of the natural summit. Part of a possible earlier defensive line pre-dating the vaults was revealed, in the form of a truncated wall upon which the vaults were built.
G Ewart and D Murray 2002
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology
