Watching Brief

Date 16 July 2009 - 17 July 2009

Event ID 609231

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/609231

NT 5915 3172 A watching brief and minor excavation were carried out 16–17 July 2009 during the excavation of a grave in the ruinous N transept of the church of Dryburgh Abbey, just to the W of Sir Walter Scott’s grave and in the Haig family plot. A low stone wall surrounds the S side of this plot, with its N, E and W sides formed from recycled Abbey masonry. A complex sequence of deposits was seen, and although it was difficult to date these, some features may have dated to the monastic period.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Historic Scotland

David Murray – Kirkdale Archaeology

OASIS Id: kirkdale1-249671