Archaeology Notes

Event ID 669027

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ70SE 4.01 79573 00465

NJ 796 004 A drainage trench was excavated in the vicinity of the chapel. A watching brief was undertaken to establish whether any information on earlier formal garden layouts could be recovered.

Deposits of silty sand and a layer of medium-sized stones over the granite bedrock seem to represent levelling fill put in place for the landscaped area around the castle. Their deposition probably post-dates the early 19th century, based on ceramic finds.

Sponsor: National Trust for Scotland

S A Wallace 1998