Excavation

Date 4 December 2007 - 15 February 2008

Event ID 578982

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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HU 476 415 A programme of excavation and monitoring was undertaken from 4 December 2007–15 February 2008, in advance of and during intrusive works near and under the E battery wall. This was the latest phase in a series of works started in 1992. Earlier visits had located and recorded the remains of 18th-century gun platforms hidden below the current turf level and it was necessary to carry out further minor excavation, both to locate the previously excavated platforms and to reveal the northern limit of one partially revealed platform. This was followed by more substantial excavation to allow the insertion of reinforced concrete piles and underpinning under the E battery wall. Since much of the area had been examined in some detail during previous excavations, this latest work did not add a great deal to the interpretation of the sequence of construction in this part of Fort Charlotte. The deliberate avoidance of the more significant structures (gun platforms) also made any new archaeological discoveries less likely. There was no new evidence of the earliest phases.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Historic Scotland

Gordon Ewart (Kirkdale Archaeology), 2008