Watching Brief
Date 25 October 2011 - 4 November 2011
Event ID 927418
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/927418
Approximately 90m of the water pipe trench was monitored under this
archaeological watching brief; a series of archaeological features were
recorded and subsequently removed during the course of this trench
excavation.
The archaeological features uncovered may correlate with the projected
layout of Carzield Roman Fort according to previous investigations, and are
therefore potentially Roman in date. These features included the remains
of four separate areas of cobbled surface, three of which coincide with the
position of a projected barrack block on the south-west edge of the main
Roman road through the fort. The most north-westerly of the surfaces lay
within what would have been the central area of the fort and appeared to
be more refined in its construction. Below the surfaces there were two ditch features extending north-west and south-east, and between the surfaces there were three cut features and a spread. A number of finds have been recovered for further analysis, these include numerous metal fragments (some of which may be hobnails), two possible pieces of tile, one large cast metal object and several pieces of burnt clay.
W Bailie (GUARD archaeology Ltd) November 2011