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Watching Brief
Date July 2018
Event ID 1104465
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1104465
NY 0261 6549 A watching brief was carried out, July 2018, at Castle Wood between Old and New Caelaverock Castle, during the recovery of a geotechnical core extracted from a borehole close to the proposed location of a new boardwalk. The core attained a maximum depth of 3.6m below the present ground surface and contained five biostratigraphical units. The most dominant units were 3 and 4, and these were comprised of a deep deposit of marine (Carse) clay which was locally extensive. This deposit overlay breccia bedrock comprised of fractured rock and gravel. The carse clay (classified as the New Castle Surface) relates to the Main Postglacial Transgression of high sea level, the onset of which is dated to c6590 ± 65 14C BP and culminated at about 4000 14C BP.
Archive: NRHE (intended). Report: Dumfries and Galloway HER
Funder: Historic Environment Scotland
Mike Cressey – CFA Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES Vol 19)
OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-326113
