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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)

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