Excavation

Date 30 June 2017 - 3 July 2017

Event ID 1041050

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1041050

NS 79745 92322 An antiquarian reference suggested a broch-like feature [NS89SW 7] at Westerlands House [NS79SE 405]. An initial season in 2016 had identified a layer of undressed stones possibly the remains of the broch. The 30 June – 3 July 2017 season expanded work around this layer of stones. The excavation revealed that the stable block had been built on a knoll with a linear hollow or burn to its N, which had been infilled with both undressed rubble and imported soil. The demolition layer was associated with late 17th-/18th-century Scottish reduced ware. To the S of the stable block a single posthole was identified. It is assumed that the broch structure had been located on the site of the stable block and had been demolished to construct the stable block.

Archive: Stirling Council Archaeology Unit (intended)

Murray Cook and Therese McCormick

(Source: DES, Volume 18)