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Excavation

Date 20 April 2015 - 28 May 2015

Event ID 1034583

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1034583

Under the terms of its PIC call-off contract with Historic Scotland, Kirkdale Archaeology was asked to carry out an excavation, and associated standing building survey, in the area known as the Governor’s Yard within Edinburgh Castle. The work was completed over two seasons (2014 and 2015) and identified 19th century garden construction over the truncated remains of a massive 17th century earthwork, faced and buttressed in stone. This in turn sealed the terraced profile of the castle rock which featured a series of weathered and truncated cuts and pits. Large assemblages of animal bone, ceramic and glass were retrieved from the 19th century and 17th century deposits.

The faunal assemblage from the 2015 excavation mostly represented food refuse remains from both domesticated and hunted animals. The cut marks and fragmental nature of the bones likely comes from the processing and discarding of food refuse. The exception is the bone from context 567, which may have an alternative historical biography, though the fragmental nature of the bone prevents further analysis.

G Ewart 2015

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology

OASIS Id: kirkdale1-311340

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