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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 711437
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/711437
NT27SE 1.16 2521 7349.
Inner Barrier (NR).
OS 1/500 plan, (1895).
Centred at 2149
(Not published on 1/1250 (1947))
Inner Barrier, known as the "2d gate" in the 17th century, when it was protected by a draw-bridge.. (RCAHMS 1951).
Visited by OS(JLD) 23 October 1953.
(Centred at NT 2521 7349) No additional remarks.
Visited by OS(JLD) 29 December 1953.
Described as 'Inner Battery' on wall plaque.
Visited by OS(VEL) 2 February 1954.
As described in previous field report
Visited by OS(SFS) 10 November 1975.
Area L. Outside the Inner Barrier. A narrow area adjacent to the old ticket office was excavated in advance of the E cut and cover section of the tunnel. Two metres of 19th and 20th century infilling was removed to reveal the NW corner of the old Port Guard, dated c1800. This building was resting on bedrock and no earlier deposits were encountered.
Sponsor : SDD (HBM)
P Yeoman 1988
Area L Inner Barrier, Forecourt, Eastern Cut-and-Cover Tunnel
Further remains of the Port Guard (c1700) were found to the S of the complex phases of 17th and 18th century inner defences. A ditch, as such, never existed at the Inner Barrier, but rather a set of three massive masonry built pits formed the barrier. These are accurately depicted in a drawing of the Castle by Captain John Slezer dating to c1695, at the point where the post-medieval raised road passes first over a timber bridge, then a central lifting bridge and finally over another flat removable, timber bridge before passing through the Inner Barrier portal.
Sponsor : SDD (HBM)
P Yeoman 1989
