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Excavation
Date April 2012
Event ID 992867
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/992867
NT 55505 67739 A second season of evaluation was undertaken in April 2012 on the cropmark enclosure at Sheriffside. Two trenches were opened and all the features identified were planned with a proportion excavated. The trenches contained a series of ditch features including a 9m wide by 2.8m deep ditch and postholes. Dates obtained from charcoal samples from the postholes ranged from the 7th century BC – 4th century AD.
A geophysical survey was undertaken in the field surrounding the trenches, completing the full resistivity record. The survey showed the full extent of the enclosure, and was notably different to the rectified aerial photograph from which the site was first identified.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Rampart Scotland, and The Mackichan Trust
Murray Cook, Rampart Scotland
David Connolly, 2012
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