Watching Brief

Date 1994

Event ID 928106

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/928106

A watching brief on an excavation for a tree planter on the S side of South High Street revealed mixed deposits disturbed by modern services to a depth of 1.20m. Part of an earlier surface of gritty sand and fragmented stone containing 19th-century pottery was recorded, A drain formed from flat slabs arranged in a V formation was also observed. Nothing dating from the medieval period was found.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland.

R Cachart 1994k.

On south side of South High Street 19th century pot, earlier surface, disturbed by modern services.

Information from SUAT,

Cachart, R. 1994. South High Street.