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Excavation
Date 1993
Event ID 606819
Category Recording
Type Excavation
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An investigation was conducted, in advance of car park development, to the rear of the old military prison.
The site appears as two flattened, split level areas, the northern half being c.1.2m higher than the southern.
Trial trenching revealed that the northern half of the site had been built up in the 19th century, possibly contemporary with the construction of the prison. Make-up deposits, c.1m in depth, overlay weathered doleritic sill bedrock, creating a terraced effect. Trenches in the southern half of the site revealed a shallower topsoil, depth of c0.5m, overlying weathered bedrock. A garden soil type deposit containing 15th-century pottery was also encountered. This deposit occurred in pockets in the bedrock and may represent an attempt to terrace the area during this period.
Sponsor: Stirling District Council
J MacKenzie 1993
