Excavation

Date May 2006

Event ID 551828

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NX 308 477 A short season of exploratory excavation was carried out at Airyolland homestead I in May 2006. Two trenches were excavated. The first of these was a slot across the rampart to the S of the site, which encountered a massive stone-built wall 3m thick, with well built facing stones and a rubble core. The second trench encountered the rubble and stone footings of internal structures, as well as large boulders which may have been incorporated into these buildings. Finds were sparse, but included metalworking slag and worked coarse stone, as well as a range of post-medieval pottery sherds. Further work is planned for 2007.

Archive to be deposited with the NMRS.

Sponsor: Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society; Russell Trust; Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Mouswald Trust.

G Cavers and G Geddes 2006