Excavation

Date 27 October 2004 - 29 October 2004

Event ID 1034386

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034386

NT 269 738 As part of a comprehensive upgrade in services within and N of the N Range of the Palace (DES 2003, 72), two trenches were excavated in late 2004. The first cut across the raised platform immediately N of the Palace block and uncovered evidence of its construction and drainage,suggesting it formed part of the late 17th-century rebuilding of the Palace.The other trench cut across the N side of the Piazza and revealed evidence of modern service installation. A late 17th-century door was discovered in situ on the ground floor, recently obscured by boarding to receive electricity cables.

A Radley 2004

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Kirkdale Archaeology