Watching Brief

Date 29 January 1998

Event ID 883448

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/883448

NS 6880 5933 Ground-breaking work was monitored in January 1998. The entirety of the chapel area was to be stripped, along with various other stretches.

To the S of the chapel two roughly shaped sandstone blocks formed a threshold into the SE tower. A 20th-century pathway of fine light grey mortar, leading up to this tower and off to the W, was also found, as were footings for walls. While the vast majority of the work involved little more than turf lifting, the small corner at the E end of the chapel block demonstrated the survival of archaeology.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

D Murray 1998

Kirkdale Archaeology