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Watching Brief
Date 18 May 2009
Event ID 609229
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/609229
NT 548 342 (centred on) Six trenches were excavated in and around Melrose Abbey on 18 May 2009 to allow the installation of new information panels. Although there were no datable finds, some features seen were thought to relate to a period of levelling and landscaping prior to the Abbey’s construction, while others may have been remnants of paths or surfaces associated with the earliest phases of construction and occupation of the Abbey. In addition, more recent deposits and features were seen, probably the result of landscaping and consolidation from the Victorian period onward.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Historic Scotland
Alan Radley – Kirkdale Archaeology
OASIS Id: kirkdale1-249690
