Archaeology Notes

Event ID 713983

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 341 264 737

A small area of the courtyard to the rear of Huntly House was excavated prior to the replanting of a flower bed, to investigate rumours of the presence of a well shaft. No trace was found of such a feature, but beneath a rough paving of post-medieval date was part of a large, irregularly shaped pit, which extended beyond the excavated area to the W and NW. The deepest part comprised a rectangular shaft, cut through natural rock to a depth of 1.68m. The pit had apparently been filled in deliberately after a short life span, with no detectable deposits surviving in the bottom, and its purpose is therefore unknown. The back filled material contained c 400 pot sherds, considered to date from around the 13th century.

N M M Holmes 1987.