Archaeology Notes

Event ID 832296

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO12SW 525.01 centred on NO 108 234

NO 108 243 (centre) A field evaluation was undertaken in November 2001 at Rosslyn House in advance of a residential development, near the area of the Carmelite monastery known as Whitefriars, centred around NO 107 238 (about 150-200m to the NE of the proposed development). A total of eight evaluation trenches were excavated by machine representing 5% of the available area. The evaluation revealed modern make-up, services and a 19th-century cobbled pathway over an earlier ground surface, which had formed over a generally well-drained cultivation soil. Two phases of field drain were noted - ceramic pipe and field stone. A furrow representing rig and furrow cultivation, possibly from the medieval period, was also identified. No deposits or features of archaeological significance were encountered.

Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.

Sponsor: Scotia Homes.

R Cachart 2002