Watching Brief

Date March 2002

Event ID 999367

Category Recording

Type Watching Brief

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/999367

NO 506 165 A watching brief was conducted between March and May 2002 on streetscape improvement works around the base of the West Port, St Andrews. Most of the area had been heavily disturbed by modern services. However, the foundation course of a wall was uncovered on the N side of South Street, immediately to the E of the West Port. This was aligned W-E, and was flush with the base of the main central arch. It consisted of several large blocks of sandstone, some bonded with a grey-white mortar cement. The wall had a maximum width of 0.88m and extended out 1.9m E from the foot of the arch. It is not clear whether this feature represented an original extension of the gateway into the town or a later embellishment. Some in situ setts were observed abutting this wall; others had been removed for the insertion of modern services.

Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.

Sponsor: Scottish Enterprise Fife.

M Roy 2002