Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713238

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713238

NT27SE 1.04 25177 73522

Portcullis Gate (NR).

OS 1/500 plan, (1895); 1/1250 map, (1947).

The Portcullis Gate was erected by the Regent Morton in 1574. The building contains a long vaulted trance, once furnished with two outer double doors, a portcullis and an inner double door.

J S Richardson and M Wood 1948.

Similar information. (RCAHMS 1951).

Visited by OS(JLD) 26 October 1953.

(NT 2517 7351) As stated above.

Visited by OS (JLD) 29 December 1953.

As described in previous information.

Visited by OS (SFS) 10 November 1975.

NT 2517 7352 An evaluation was undertaken in April and May 2005 to assess proposed works for the installation of a new distribution/collection point for the audio tours inside (to the NW of) the Portcullis Gate (NT27SE 1.04). The trench was located 4.25m NW of the steps up to the sentry walk and the bedrock immediately NE of the gate, and reached a maximum depth of 1.2m. Structural remains and finds from a wide range of periods were revealed, and the area appears to have suffered little modern disturbance compared with other areas of the castle.

Archive to be deposited in NMRS.

Sponsor: HS

A Radley and D Stewart 2005.