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Watching Brief
Date 28 September 1993
Event ID 1084844
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1084844
Due to the need to remove the headless and leaning cross shaft at Keills for cleaning and conservation, a one-day watching brief was mounted during the removal of the shaft, followd by a brief archaeological excavation of the cross-setting. It was found that the shaft was bedded in a crude dry-stone socket around which a low cairn of light stonework was erected over a cleared terrace. The cairn and socket showed signs of having been damaged and repaired during the later 19th century, but no dating evidence was found of the construction of the cairn itself.
G Ewart 1993
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
Kirkdale Archaeology
