Watching Brief

Date 14 November 2017 - 23 January 2018

Event ID 1089247

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1089247

NJ 7227 1255 A watching brief was undertaken, 1 November 2017 – 23 January 2018, on drainage works around the footprint of Castle Fraser. Much of the area had been disturbed by earlier drainage and service trenches. However, a buried ground surface was noted extending in front of the S façade of the castle, but with a gap, interpreted as a pathway in line with the central S doorway. A small number of finds in this layer are not closely datable but fit well with a late 18th-century date.

Archive: Aberdeenshire HER, NTS and NRHE

Funder: National Trust for Scotland

Hilary Murray and Charlie Murray – Murray Archaeological

Services Ltd

(Source: DES, Volume 19)

OASIS ID: mas1-335096