Excavation

Date 11 February 2002 - 12 February 2002

Event ID 1034268

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NS 400 744 A small cable trench was excavated in February 2002 adjacent to the W wall of the steps leading from the Governor's House to the Guardhouse. A small stump of an earlier wall was found protruding from under the present wall on the garden terrace below the Guardhouse. This was possibly the remains of an earlier approach to the entrance to the upper castle, leading from the probable site of the medieval Hall, to the W of the Governor's House, thus adding weight to the theory of this being the original location of the Hall.

G Ewart and J Franklin 2002

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