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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
