Archaeology Notes

Event ID 771807

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS46SE 2.05 4849 6388 to 4858 6388

NS 4849 6388 An archaeological watching brief was carried out while test cores were taken as part of a structural survey of the sewer. Six cores were taken, four through the walls and two through the floor of the medieval sewer. The cores were drilled through typical stones within the masonry. Cores were taken from the different styles of building construction along the length of the sewer.

The two cores through the floor went into clay below the floor slab. The full depth was not required so archaeological disturbance was kept to a minimum.

Sponsor: Gavin Walker & Associates for Paisley Museum.

B Will 1996.

Scheduled as 'Paisley Abbey, drain 75m SSW of... a large and impressive stone drain, constructed to carry waste water through the precinct of Paisley Abbey'.

[Extent of Scheduled area indicated on map attached to document].

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 August 2010.