Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713509

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/713509

NT27SE 211 25928 73623

NT 2593 7363 A watching brief was undertaken in May 1996 during the installation of a water tank in the SW corner of the church. A depth of 0.7m of demolition rubble was removed by the contractors. This was a further part of the fill of an early 17th-century cellar partially investigated in 1974 and 1983 (Holmes, Post-Medieval Archaeology 9 (1975), 141; and 20 (1986), 298).

Sponsor: Page & Park Architects.

J A Lawson 1996.

NT 2592 7363 An archaeological trial trench was excavated within the Tron Kirk in November 2003. The trench measured 1.7 x 1.3m and contained predominantly rubble. At a depth of 1.3m, a red brick floor was uncovered. This had been set in position using mortar and probably dates to the 19th century. The floor level sat directly on top of a layer of very degraded bedrock. Firmer bedrock was uncovered beneath this at a depth of 1.5m. During the excavation a 17th-century coin and two pieces of pottery dating to around the same period were discovered, along with a Coke can dating to the 1970s.

Report lodged with Edinburgh SMR and the NMRS.

Sponsor: RMJM.

M Kirby 2003