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Trial Trench
Date 4 June 2007 - 10 June 2007
Event ID 558743
Category Recording
Type Trial Trench
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/558743
NS 4015 6328 Proposed drainage improvements along the back wall of the cottage required a trial trench to determine the nature and extent of surviving deposits. A small trench 3m long by 1.2m wide was excavated between 4–10 June 2007. Below a layer of made-up ground, 0.5m deep, which contained thousands of sherds of 19th-century pottery and glass, there was a layer of cobbled surface. At the extreme W end of the trench
there was another area of cobbling but 0.4m lower than the first. Two stone steps, along with a square socket stone for a timber, appear to be the base of stair. This stair may have been an external stair leading to the upper room of the cottage.
Archive to be deposited with the NTS SMR and RCAHMS.
Funder: The National Trust for Scotland.
