Excavation

Date 15 May 2007 - 17 May 2007

Event ID 558193

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NJ 21528 62826 A watching brief was carried out in May 2007 during the installation of a UV treatment tank next to the fountain on Elgin Plainstones. The trench was dug without archaeological supervision, due to a misunderstanding between the building contractors and the client, and in the process human remains were greatly disturbed and partially removed. A smallscale rescue excavation was undertaken, and a human skull and other bone fragments removed. In addition, a small sherd of glazed pottery was recovered from the same context. Subsequent analysis of remains showed that they belonged to two individuals, an elderly male and a young female, while the pottery sherd was dated to the 12th–14th century AD, providing a terminus post quem for the burials.

Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS. Reports to be deposited with RCAHMS and Aberdeenshire Council SMR.

Claire Herbert, Alba Archaeology (Highland) Ltd, 2007

Funder: Moray Council.