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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 746431
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/746431
NO43SW 124 445 345.
One unidentified 16th-17th century coin, a small gilt strap buckle, and an unidentified item of personal decoration, all copper-alloy, metal-detected in disturbed topsoil to W of Ballumbie Castle (NO43SW 3). C A Zealand 1992.
NO 444 343 Eight trenches covering a total of 1129m2 were excavated in January 2006, in advance of the development of Area K of the Ballumbie Castle Estate. The site lies adjacent to the old chapel, castle and surrounding designed landscape. No archaeological features were found in the trenches. The remains of a possible brick path, which may be that depicted on the 1st Edition OS Map (1857) bisecting the garden on a N-S alignment, were recorded during the survey work.
Archive to be deposited with NMRS and Angus SMR.
Sponsor: Miller Homes.
C O'Connell, 2006.
