Archaeological Evaluation

Date 2019

Event ID 1106424

Category Recording

Type Archaeological Evaluation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1106424

NR 4059 4549 Following the buildings analysis undertaken in 2018 (DES 2018, 35), a five-day programme of materials sampling with some further buildings analysis was undertaken at Dunyvaig Castle (Canmore ID: 38002). In often poor weather, buildings analysis in 2019 concentrated on a single facet of the lower bailey curtain wall, where constructional mortar compositions do not conform to the marl-rich vs shell-rich compositions noted elsewhere across the monument. This clearly suggests that further complexity in mortar compositions pertains. Loose samples of sandstone and aggregate were collected. An assemblage of mortar and mortar-entrapped limekiln relict fragments was removed from the building for lab-based analysis and possible radiocarbon dating.

Archive: NRHE (intended)

Funder: Historic Environment Scotland and University of Stirling

Mark Thacker - University of Stirling

(Source: DES Vol 20)