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Watching Brief
Date 28 August 2017
Event ID 1040041
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1040041
NH 50666 43013 A watching brief was undertaken, 28 August 2017, during groundworks for a new biomass boiler and associated infrastructure. The boiler and plant room were located in an informal kitchen garden, and the pipeline crossed a lawn and landscaped grounds around the castle. The fragmentary remains of mortar and stone rubble were uncovered near the NE corner of the castle. This feature was truncated to the SE by an asbestos water pipe, and to the N by landscaping works undertaken to terrace the grounds. The pipeline trench partially truncated one end of a wall with a returning corner. The walls were constructed with mortar and boulders, with no dressed stone visible. The wall appears to be located in the area where the 1815 building is shown on the 1st Edition OS map, and the remains probably relate to this building.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Reith Partners (Woodfuel) Ltd
Sam Williamson – AOC Archaeology Group
(Source: DES, Volume 18)
