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Trial Trench
Date 30 September 1996 - 31 October 1996
Event ID 633036
Category Recording
Type Trial Trench
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/633036
NT 3430 7197 An archaeological evaluation was carried out in November 1996 within the grounds of St Michaels House in response to a proposal to construct a domestic dwelling across the southern alignment of the rampart and external ditch of the Roman fort. Previous archaeological work had located the ditch some 10-15m W of the current excavations and had suggested that in the evaluation area all upstanding remains of the Roman occupation had been totally removed and that no ditch existed.
Three parallel trenches were opened within and immediately adjacent to the site of the proposed building. No traces of the defences of the Roman fort were identified; the ditch must either not survive (unlikely given its scale), follow a different alignment, or never have been excavated in this area. Three features were identified, comprising a modern pit, a tree stump in a pit, and an alignment of stones.
A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Mrs E Raistrick, St Michaels House.
J Hamilton 1997
