Watching Brief

Date 14 April 2011

Event ID 963645

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/963645

NT 25760 73555 On the 14 April 2011 human remains were encountered by a contractor undertaking repair work in a 2.2m by 1.1m service trench in Parliament Square. The single bone had been recovered prior to the arrival of the archaeologist on 15 April 2011. The trench contained a sequence of tarmac and hardcore, overlying made ground consisting of soft sediments of indeterminate age, recorded at a depth of between 0.25–0.8m (the limit of the excavation). A single further piece of charnel was recovered from these soils.

Archive: RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: Scottish Court Service

AOC Archaeology Group 2011