Test Pit Survey

Date 18 September 2010 - 19 September 2010

Event ID 880378

Category Recording

Type Test Pit Survey

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/880378

NT 26240 66331 Continuing the work undertaken at this site

in 2009 (DES 2009, 120–121), two trenches were excavated

on 18–19 September 2010 to investigate the survival and

shape of the apse at Old Pentland Kirk. The trenches showed

that the entire structure, including the floor, had been

comprehensively robbed. Investigation of a structure to the

S revealed a 19th-century path and graves whose stones had

been removed to allow the construction of the path. A further

geophysical survey to the SW, to investigate the possibility of

a circular enclosure around the churchyard, proved negative.

The pottery recovered during the excavation indicated

activity in the 12th–15th centuries, matching the foundation

date for the kirk and a second period of remodelling work.

Archive: Connolly Heritage Consultancy and RCAHMS

Funder: Connolly Heritage Consultancy