Excavation
Date November 1991 - December 1991
Event ID 547061
Category Recording
Type Excavation
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A fourth phase of excavation on the headland took place during November and December 1991. Four main phases of activity were identified.
Phase 1: The earliest activity on the site consisted of a N/S ditch which formed part of the Native British promontory fort identified in the earlier excavation. This was followed by Dark Age activity.
Phase 2: Dark Age activity consisted of a possible large sunken floored building surrounded by two concentric post-trenches. Unfired clay loomweights were recovered from the floor of this feature.
Phase 3: Medieval occupation on the site was associated with Dunbar Castle. the foundations for the curtain wall were excavated as was an associated cobbled surface.
Phase 4: In the early post-medieval period part of the curtain wall was robbed out, presumably to be used in the contruction of the 16th century French fort.
Sponsors: HS, East Lothian Community Development Trust
C J Moloney 1992