Excavation

Date May 1992

Event ID 1084840

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1084840

NS 194 944 In response to the proposed conversion of the

ruined castle to a habitable dwelling, AOC (Scotland) Ltd excavated

two small assessment trenches, (4m by 2m and 2m by 1m), within

the main tower. Both contained complex sequences of demolition

deposits. In the former, a shelf in the N wall was discovered,

apparently intended to support a wooden floor at ground floor level,

an unusual feature. Provision, in the form of beam sockets, for a

similar floor in the S end of the tower was revealed in a trench excavated by John Cannel in 1985. Beneath the shelf over 1.5m depth of

demolition rubble containing roof slates filled a space which may

have been a cellar.

I Rogers 1992

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