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Excavation
Date April 2002 - June 2002
Event ID 545880
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/545880
NJ 566 094 The strengthening of the lightning protection at the castle involved the hand excavation, in April 2002, of two trenches c 70cm square by c 60cm deep. These revealed rubble, possibly from the destroyed barmkin wall, overlain by a 19th-century midden.
Between May and June 2002, a trench dug alongside the W wall of the castle, in order to test drainage problems, revealed the shallow nature of the castle foundations at this point.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
