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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
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
AOC Scotland
