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Standing Building Recording
Date 14 October 2002
Event ID 1034258
Category Recording
Type Standing Building Recording
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034258
NT 251 734 Two of the upper vaults below the Queen Anne Building and Great Hall retain archaeological traces of timber fittings associated with barrack and prison accommodation. The elevations and floors of these rooms were drawn in order to record potential evidence of the bed structures in particular, over three main periods of use:
- Mid-tolate 17th-century occupation (Cromwellian barracks)
- Early 18th-century occupation (Hanoverian barracks)
- Mid-to-later 18th-century occupation (prisoners of war)
Contemporary plans and specialist analysis of surviving timber work suggest that tiered bunks for barrack use had been replaced with a single platform arrangement, possibly complemented by the use of hammocks, for the prisoners of war.Graffiti on wooden doors and masonry was also recorded,with particular reference to names and initials, which apparently reflect the successive occupation of those vaults.
G Ewart, S Coulter, & A Hollinrake 2002
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology
