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Watching Brief
Date 19 April 2007 - 20 April 2007
Event ID 558785
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/558785
NS 23350 10282 A watching brief was conducted on 19-20 April 2007 during the laying of a new drainage pipe along the western verge down from the Armorial Arch to the start of the viaduct. Stripping turf revealed an area of stone and mortar rubble. The trench was expanded and revealed a stone wall 0.6m wide and at least three courses high built onto the sloping bedrock. This wall runs obliquely underneath the main wall flanking the entrance passageway up from the viaduct. This latter wall probably dates to the Robert Adam work of the 1790s and the newly discovered wall underneath may have been part of the older courtyard wall.
Archive to be deposited with the NTS SMR and RCAHMS.
Funder: The National Trust for Scotland.
D Alexander 2007
