Watching Brief
Date 3 December 2009 - 12 December 2009
Event ID 627137
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/627137
NX 44560 40405, NX 44554 40393, NX 44538 40399 and NX 44541 40415 A watching brief was carried out 3–8
December 2009 during topsoil stripping of ground chosen for an extension to Whithorn Cemetery. A small number of features were recorded including ditches, pits and a dry stone revetment wall. The features represented several different phases of activity. The oldest phase was represented by a large drain or boundary ditch. This was followed by an industrial phase denoted by a gully and several pits filled with soil containing charcoal, slag and fragments of furnace lining. The latest phase was represented by the dry stone
revetment wall, and is probably associated with the current cemetery to the S of the site.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Dumfries and Galloway Council/Combined Services
Magnar Dalland – Headland Archaeology Ltd
![Watching brief, Slots cut across linear cut [27], oval terminal [21] in the foreground, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305415.jpg)
![Watching brief, Oval terminal [21] at E end of linear cut [27] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305416.jpg)
![Watching brief, Slot cut across the W half of linear cut [27], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305417.jpg)
![Watching brief, Slots cut across linear cut [11] seen from the S end, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305418.jpg)
![Watching brief, Slots cut across linear cut [11] seen from the N end, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305419.jpg)
![Watching brief, N-facing section of middle slot across [11], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305420.jpg)
![Watching brief, N-facing section of middle slot across [11], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305421.jpg)
![Watching brief, Circular pit/posthole [25] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305422.jpg)
![Watching brief, Sub-circular cut [31] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305423.jpg)
![Watching brief, Irregular cut [41] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305424.jpg)
![Watching brief, ‘Banana’-shaped pit [29] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305425.jpg)
![Watching brief, Revetment wall [32], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/DP00305426.jpg)
![Watching brief, Slots cut across linear cut [27], oval terminal [21] in the foreground, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305415.jpg)
![Watching brief, Oval terminal [21] at E end of linear cut [27] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305416.jpg)
![Watching brief, Slot cut across the W half of linear cut [27], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305417.jpg)
![Watching brief, Slots cut across linear cut [11] seen from the S end, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305418.jpg)
![Watching brief, Slots cut across linear cut [11] seen from the N end, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305419.jpg)
![Watching brief, N-facing section of middle slot across [11], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305420.jpg)
![Watching brief, N-facing section of middle slot across [11], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305421.jpg)
![Watching brief, Circular pit/posthole [25] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305422.jpg)
![Watching brief, Sub-circular cut [31] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305423.jpg)
![Watching brief, Irregular cut [41] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305424.jpg)
![Watching brief, ‘Banana’-shaped pit [29] half-sectioned, Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305425.jpg)
![Watching brief, Revetment wall [32], Whithorn Cemetery Extension](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/DP00305426.jpg)
