Watching Brief

Date 17 November 2014 - 27 November 2014

Event ID 1034565

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034565

Under the terms of its PIC call-off contract with Historic Scotland, Kirkdale Archaeology was asked to undertake an archaeological watching brief at Melrose Abbey during excavations in the western portion of the nave. The work was intended to locate the positions of the original nave piers and their connecting walls ahead of their demarcation with wooden panelling held in place by wooden stakes hammered into the ground. The space created would then be filled with gravel over a geotextile membrane1. The purpose of the archaeological watching brief was to ensure no adverse effect on potential archaeological horizons by the emplacement of the stakes.

G Ewart 2014

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology

OASIS Id: kirkdale1-311398