Excavation

Date 2015 - 2018

Event ID 1088886

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NT 6320 2464 Archive research and a previous excavation

suggests this ridge on the outskirts of Ancrum could be the

site of a medieval ‘palace’ of the Bishops of Glasgow. Several

seasons fieldwalking, 2015–18, encouraged by previous work

by Alistair Monro (and licensed by HES on the scheduled

area), has produced substantial finds of white gritty and

green glazed ware, nails, slag, oyster shells and butchered

bone. A small excavation was also undertaken on the edge of

the site when archaeological remains were discovered while

cataloguing discarded masonry. The first trench uncovered

a possible drainage feature of fist-sized stones. The second

trench uncovered portions of a substantial wall over a metre

thick. Though the outer face of masonry had been robbed

the inner face was intact to over a metre deep, with traces

of plaster attached.

Archive: TBD

Geoff Parkhouse – Ancrum and District Heritage Society

(Source: DES, Volume 19)