Excavation
Date 1 January 2002 - 31 December 2002
Event ID 545492
Category Recording
Type Excavation
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NM 906 805 An engraving of the monument dating to the 1820s records the existence of a two-storey 'shooting box' built as an original part of the structure. A proposal to plant clan-emblem trees in the western half of the stockaded area around the monument gave rise to an excavation to discover the exact site of the shooting box. The results would ensure that the pits for the trees would not damage or disturb any foundation remains.
The excavation, to the W of the current path to the door of the monument, revealed the foundations of the W corner of the shooting box, the structure having its corners at the W, N and E, and abutting the monument to the S. The foundations are 1.2m wide, defining a structure at least 4m NW-SE by 6m SW-NE over its walls.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.