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Watching Brief
Date 24 January 2005 - 28 January 2005
Event ID 1034371
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034371
Following the short programme of clearance and evaluation undertaken in early January 2005 a watching brief was undertaken while contractors cut a number of drain and foundation trenches. This area appears to have been a Victorian addition, set against the old sea wall of a Georgian gun battery. All structures and features seen during these works therefore date from the mid- and late 19th century to the late 20th century. The basic structure is mostly intact, comprising the new sea wall, the two store sheds and the general levelling deposits. An original gateway positioned halfway down the compound had been demolished, probably to improve access to the end of the site. The cobbling at the W end of the site seemed to respect the line of the gateway and consequently was probably in place while the gateway was in use.
D Stewart 2005
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology
