Excavation
Date 20 November 2013
Event ID 1034552
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034552
Under the terms of its PIC call-off contract with Historic Scotland, Kirkdale Archaeology was asked to undertake a small scale excavation at Iona Abbey, on Iona, in order to evaluate the area immediately around the threshold to the shop ahead of the proposed reworking of the entrance in order to provide enhanced disabled access into the premises.
The excavation revealed extensive disturbance associated with the insertion of relatively recent drainage and services, along with associated episodes of levelling. Context 004 in particular appears to be associated with the levelling for the construction of the modern concrete step. Nothing of archaeological significance was revealed during the course of the work.