Test Pit Survey
Date 14 August 2007 - 15 August 2007
Event ID 557503
Category Recording
Type Test Pit Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/557503
NT 2709 7642 Two test pits were excavated on 14 to 15 August 2007 in the courtyard to the SW of Lamb's House (NT27NE 4) (a mid-17th-century structure) on the site of intended geotechnical investigations prior to development. Two slight linear gullies, dated to the medieval period by pottery, were discovered in one of the test pits. These did not follow the alignment of the medieval burgage plots. The area excavated was too small to interpret these features with any confidence. In the other test pit a wall of early 19th-century date was discovered, which corresponds closely in position with one shown on the 1849-53 OS town plan. The results of these investigations suggest that any medieval remains in the courtyard of Lamb's House are likely to be severely truncated with only cut features surviving.
Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS. Report to be deposited with CECAS and RCAHMS.
Funder: EDI Group Ltd.
OASIS ID: headland1-32884