Watching Brief

Date 7 July 2011

Event ID 934437

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

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NT 5483 3432 A watching brief was maintained on 7 July 2011 during the excavation of a test pit at Melrose Abbey Priory Farm, located on the E face of the E courtyard wall towards its S end. The purpose of the trench was to examine the wall footing of this section of the courtyard wall, in the hope of shedding light on the cause of a pronounced lean to the E in the masonry of the wall. The compact and stable nature of the deposits seen indicated that the problems were caused by structural issues rather than any subsidence.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology, 2011

Information also reported in Oasis (kirkdale1-123786) 20 August 2012