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Excavation
Date 28 June 2006 - 29 June 2006
Event ID 1034478
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034478
Under the terms of its PIC call-off contract with Historic Scotland, Kirkdale Archaeology was asked to undertake archaeological monitoring at Caerlaverock Castle, near Dumfries, while HS MCU personnel undertook the digging of five trenches to establish the nature of the ground make-up to the N of the castle. This work was carried out in advance of the potential installation of a new drainage system. New drains were considered necessary since sustained periods of rain had been seen to leave areas waterlogged.
This trenching activity has allowed a profile to be established across the area of ground to the N of the Castle in the proposed route of future drainage. This has established that there is a variation in the ground make up from natural deposits to various road phases to modern landscaping. Wall line 2005 may be a reduced field wall as it is unmortared and would require further excavation ahead of any future groundbreaking activity at this depth.
P Fox and T Whalley 2006
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology
