Excavation

Date 1977

Event ID 1084959

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NT 192854 Excavations were begun in advance of a garden restoration

scheme. The work concentrated on the N-S terraces of the garden to the S of the castle. The foundations of three terrace walls were revealed along with those parts of the terrace-walks surviving from the market garden phase. Traces of the stair-cases at the N end of each terrace were discovered and found to be alternately N-S and E-W aligned. The S ends of the upper two terraces were flanked by cross-walls. A series of drains and soak-aways were an integral part of the terrace construction.

G J Ewart 1977

Kirkdale Archaeology