Watching Brief

Date 23 June 2003 - 27 June 2003

Event ID 1034320

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034320

Under its PIC call-off contract with Historic Scotland, Kirkdale Archaeology was requested to monitor the reinstatement of the course of the burn that flows through the guardianship area at Seton Collegiate Kirk. The water flow had been diverted in recent years, so that the burn was reduced to a trickle, resulting in the accumulation of a considerable amount of silt. It was thought that the works might go beyond the water channel, thus requiring archaeological monitoring. The length of the water course to be cleared ran from the A198 to the wall at the N side of the immediate grounds of the church (Fig. 1).

The minimum intervention employed to successfully clear the channel within the water course disturbed nothing of archaeological note.

G Ewart 2003

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology