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SPARC: Stirling Castle Palace Archaeological and Historical Research
Date 14 March 2003 - 22 June 2006
Event ID 1087744
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1087744
SPARC: Stirling Castle Palace Archaeological and Historical Research
The Stirling Palace project was intended to extend existing research within an innovative and practical fieldwork and research framework. The results of this work were also intended to advance a new level of understanding of the sequence of building and alteration within the palace.
The investigation of the palace in particular sought to detail exactly how the complex was adapted to meet each new role over the centuries on a room-by-room, range-by-range and floor-by-floor basis. Excavation was targeted to show how alterations to the palace affected previous structures, either by inclusion within the new plan, truncation, or total destruction. The combined research then sought to place the site within its British and European context, and trace its transition from royal household to officer’s mess.
Information from Project website: http://sparc.scran.ac.uk/home/fieldwork/fieldwork.html?current=three
Work for SPARC was carried out from 2003 - 2006, with the majoirty of the work taking place between 2003 - 2005, and with a small phase of additional work in March 2007.
