Watching Brief

Date 2006

Event ID 550028

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

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NH 3818 0914 An extensive pre-alteration photographic record, and a watching brief on engineering test pits, were undertaken in 2004-5. A photographic record is being built up of the changes in progress at Fort Augustus Abbey during its conversion to luxury flats. This is being done in response to a planning condition. In 2006 it included the demolition of the 20th-century Brothers Block which stood within the surviving NE bastion of the fort. A watching brief was also maintained on excavations for drains and services in the grounds. There are no discoveries to report.

Report to be lodged with Highland SMR and Library Service and NMRS; archive to be deposited with RCAHMS.

Sponsor: Raven Highlands Ltd.

J Wood 2006