Watching Brief

Date 2003

Event ID 1112494

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

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NO 2812 2877 A watching brief was carried out in August 2003 during repair work to a section of retaining wall at Inchture Churchyard (NO22NE 30). A 1m high soil section was exposed by the dismantling of the graveyard wall. A small quantity of human bone was found, including fragments of cranium, vertebrae and long bones. These fragments were not from in situ burials. All human remains were retained and will be returned.

Two coins were recovered, one a French provincial double tournois of Dombes, struck for Gaston d'Orléans in the 17th century; the other is a copper coin of late 16th or 17th-century date.

Report lodged with Perth and Kinross SMR and the NMRS.

Sponsor: Perth and Kinross Council.

M Kirby, A Quinn 2003