Excavation

Date 8 February 1993 - 12 March 1993

Event ID 1034065

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NS 363 345 A short programme of excavation was completed in

February 1993 as one of the final stages of a lengthy programme of

excavation and survey conducted on the site in advance of restoration.

Work was undertaken in the pit prison, within the S range, and the

footings of a rounded tower, possibly dating to the late 13th-century

layout of the castle were found. Three further trenches were excavated

within the late 14th-century tower in advance of first-floor

reinstatement, but revealed only 19th-century levelling.

G Ewart 1993

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology