Aberdour Castle, Walled Garden

NT 193 855 Work was undertaken between 14 August-17 October 2007. One trench was excavated around the base of a stone buttress to the SE of an arch spanning the kirk lane in the grounds of St Fillan's Church, Aberdour. The arch and buttress may be related to the construction of a summerhouse (now removed) in the E corner of a walled garden to the E of Aberdour Castle in the 17th century. A test pit had been excavated immediately to the NE of the NE face of the buttress to establish whether it had once extended in this direction as indicated by the protruding masonry of the NE face, but no structure was discovered. The current excavation was carried out in stages over three days. No structures or significant finds were discovered. Some pantile fragments were found which may relate to the 17th-century summerhouse, as well as oyster shells, china fragments and two iron objects of unknown date which have been sent for conservation and x-ray.

S Hogg and D Murray 2007

Funder: Historic Scotland

Kirkdale Archaeology

NT 19323 85518 A watching brief was carried out in May 2010 within the walled garden associated with Aberdour Castle, during the excavation of three test pits to identify an electrical fault in an underground cable. The test pits were excavated through the modern garden soil into the backfill of the previously excavated cable trench. Subsoil was not reached and no features, deposits or artefacts of archaeological significance were revealed.

Archive: Fife Council SMR, Historic Scotland and RCAHMS

Funder: Scottish Power Distribution Ltd

Magnus Kirby – CFA Archaeology Ltd

Information also reported in Oasis (cfaarcha1-77841) 26 March 2013