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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 823145
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/823145
NS92SE 56 95242 21026
NS 9523 2103 Following a desk-based assessment, a field evaluation was undertaken before the construction of new residential accommodation to the rear of the derelict Post Horn Hotel (NMRS NS92SE 56) which stands at the W end of Crawford village, on the SE side of the old Carlisle Road. A short distance from the site are the remains of a Roman fort, a 12th-century motte, a later stone castle and the site of the Chapel of St Thomas the Martyr. In addition, several late prehistoric sites have been identified on the steeply sloping ground nearby.
Several long slit trenches were excavated across the site whose overall area measured approximately 3500m2. The only features of interest uncovered were two narrow cuts into the subsoil which were probably the remains of post-medieval or Early Modern field boundaries. No evidence of human habitation was found and no artefacts pre-dating the 19th century were retrieved.
Sponsor: Mr N R Blackburn.
J Lewis 2001.
