Excavation

Date 4 August 2008 - 24 August 2008

Event ID 578620

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/578620

NO 0510 1750 Continuing the work from 2007, a 15 x 5m area was opened just S of the bowling green. A considerable depth of soil that produced medieval redware and was interpreted as a medieval ploughsoil was recorded, but no archaeological features. Test pits on the S and E sides of the village also failed to produce any evidence of medieval occupation. Considerable post-medieval disturbance had, in some areas, removed any earlier deposits. These results, combined with those of 2007, indicate that the medieval village occupied much the same area as the present one. No evidence was found of deposits which might indicate the location of the Pictish palace.

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Archive: RCAHMS

Funder: British Academy, Historic Scotland, Department of Archaeology University of Glasgow and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

E Campbell and M Gondek (Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow), 2008