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Excavation
Date 18 March 2015 - 20 March 2015
Event ID 1034579
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034579
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 in order to monitor the excavation of a trench to determine the location of a leak from a pipe which had flooded an area of ground between the Michael Chapel and abbey museum to the north-east of the main cluster of abbey buildings.
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 further of archaeological significance was revealed during the course of the work.
G Ewart 2015
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology
