Excavation

Date 1989 - 1989

Event ID 999383

Category Recording

Type Excavation

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/999383

The previous excavations indicated that the medieval presence on this multiphase fortified site consisted primarily of a hall-like, mainly timber building, within a stone-built rectangular rampart. The 1989 season showed however, that this layout was in fact the last in a possible series of lordly residences dating from the 13th and 14th centuries. It is now apparent that the stone rampart surrounding the hall was originally a form of hall-house with garderobe tower at its NW corner, generally similar to other West Highland types of the 13th and 14th centuries. There was evidence that the subsequent hall was built on a new, raised platform within the denuded remains of the hall-house.

G J Ewart 1989.

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Kirkdale Archaeology