St Andrews Castle
Beaker
Site Name St Andrews Castle
Classification Beaker
Canmore ID 94395
Site Number NO51NW 3.01
NGR NO 5126 1693
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO51NW 3.01 5126 1693
Within the trenches of the excavation carried out between October 1988 and January 1990, the base and several sherds of a vessel provisionally identified as a cord zoned beaker of Early Bronze Age date.
Sponsor: Historic Scotland
J Lewis 1989; 1990
Watching Brief (15 March 2021 - 17 March 2021)
NO 5126 1693 A watching brief was required to monitor ground- breaking works for the installation of up to twelve new floodlights, associated cabling and stone plinths, and an electrical distribution box. The work took place on 15–17 March 2021. A small section of sandstone wall, most likely from the 19th century, was identified and recorded but not impacted upon. The wall is recorded on the 1st Edition OS map of 1896. No other significant archaeology was identified.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Historic Environment Scotland
Harry Francis – CFA Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES Vol 22)
OASIS Id: cfaarcha1-419484
