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Ayr, Citadel Place
Moat (Medieval)(Possible), Wall (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Site Name Ayr, Citadel Place
Classification Moat (Medieval)(Possible), Wall (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Unidentified Pottery (Medieval)
Canmore ID 274127
Site Number NS32SW 936
NGR NS 334 219
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274127
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS32SW 936 NS 334 219
Five trenches were excavated by machine in July 2004, but revealed no evidence for the remains of the Cromwellian Citadel walls being used as foundations for the present boundary walls in the S and W of the site. The Citadel wall, thought to run through the eastern part of the site, was not found within the limited evaluation trench. Deposits possibly associated with the construction of the Citadel, in the form of redeposited sand (containing a few residual sherds of medieval pottery), were identified, but no associated 17th-century surfaces have survived later industrial and residential activity. Natural windblown sand was found within 0.5m of the surface in two trenches, but there were no pre-19th-century features cut into it.
Report lodged with WoSAS SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: William Nimmo & Partners Architects.
H F James 2004
Archaeological Evaluation (4 July 2007 - 6 July 2007)
NS 334 219 An archaeological evaluation was carried out on 4–6 July 2007 at a proposed development site at Citadel Place, Ayr, in what had been the SE corner of the Cromwellian Citadel.
The evaluation consisted of four trenches amounting to a 9.2% sample of the development area. Deep deposits of 18th- and 19th-century made ground and evidence of ground disturbance were identified at depths of between 1.0m and 2.5m beneath the current ground level. Possible faint traces of the Citadel moat and the robbed out Citadel wall were identified in the eastern part of the site, although analysis was limited due to the depth of the excavation.
Further traces of buried deposits lying under windblown sand were noted in the western parts of the site. Archaeological monitoring of test pits across the site found mortared sandstone features in three of them, and modern destruction layers in all four.
Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS. Report deposited with WoSAS SMR and RCAHMS.
Funder: Burns Project Management.
