Watching Brief

Date May 2003

Event ID 610962

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

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NT 2270 7027 An evaluation and watching brief were carried out in May 2003 as the final phase of fieldwork associated with the demolition of Craiglockhart Steading and the construction of a car park on the site (see DES 2002, 47). A single trench was excavated in order to assess the location of a possible moat sited to the S of the putative precinct wall discovered during the trial trenching carried out during 2002. This trench determined that the area to the S of the wall was once low-lying and had been backfilled in order to create a level area. It was demonstrated that a moat or deep ditch did not exist. A watching brief was maintained throughout all groundbreaking works. No artefacts or features of archaeological significance were located.

Report lodged with Edinburgh SMR and the NMRS.

Sponsor: NUNIV Construction Ltd.

A Rees 2003